CVE-2016-3706 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Glibc

CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer OverflowCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation11 documents9 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
CNA5.0OSV5.0
EPSS
2.5%
top 14.69%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
GNU GlibcOpensuse
Timeline
PublishedJun 10
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving hostent conversion. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4458.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDgnu/glibc< 2.23
▶Debiangnu/glibc< 2.22-8+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-2x2r-j2qj-78q7: Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2016-3706: Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo↗2016-06-10
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CVEList
CVE-2016-3706: Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo↗2016-06-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Android
CVE-2016-3706: UDP RPC↗2017-12-01
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Ubuntu
GNU C Library regression↗2017-03-24
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Ubuntu
GNU C Library vulnerabilities↗2017-03-21
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Red Hat
glibc: stack (frame) overflow in getaddrinfo() when called with AF_INET, AF_INET6 (incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4458)↗2016-04-27
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Debian
CVE-2016-3706: glibc - Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddr...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-3706 glibc: stack (frame) overflow in getaddrinfo() when called with AF_INET, AF_INET6 (incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4458)↗2016-04-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-3706 glibc: stack (frame) overflow in getaddrinfo() when called with AF_INET, AF_INET6 (incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4458) [fedora-all]↗2016-04-27
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