CVE-2016-10739
In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, the getaddrinfo function would successfully parse a string that contained an IPv4 address followed by whitespace and arbitrary characters, which could lead applications to incorrectly assume that…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, the getaddrinfo function would successfully parse a string that contained an IPv4 address followed by whitespace and arbitrary characters, which could lead applications to incorrectly assume that it had parsed a valid string, without the possibility of embedded HTTP headers or other potentially dangerous substrings.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- gnu/glibc · opensuse/leap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00082.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106672Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2118
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3513
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347549Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20018Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00082.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106672Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2118
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3513
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347549Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20018Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.