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A vulnerability was found in GNU C Library (Software Library). It has been classified as critical. This affects the function getaddrinfo
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:
Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.18 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a (1) hostname or (2) IP address that triggers a large number of AF_INET6 address results. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1914.
The weakness was presented 12/12/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared at sourceware.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-4458 since 06/12/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 71092 (Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDVSA-2013:283)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350811 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for glibc: AL2012-2015-020).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (88246) and Tenable (71092). See 7570 and 9979 for similar entries.
Product
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Version
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.1.6
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.9
- 2.10.1
- 2.11
- 2.11.1
- 2.11.2
- 2.11.3
- 2.12.1
- 2.12.2
- 2.13
- 2.14
- 2.14.1
- 2.15
- 2.16
- 2.17
- 2.18
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 71092
Nessus Name: Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDVSA-2013:283)
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
04/03/2013 🔍06/12/2013 🔍
10/22/2013 🔍
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06/17/2014 🔍
03/24/2015 🔍
01/11/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: gnu.orgAdvisory: sourceware.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-4458 (🔍)
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X-Force: 88246
Vulnerability Center: 45016 - GNU C <2.19 Remote DoS Vulnerability in getaddrinfo(), Medium
SecurityFocus: 63299 - GNU glibc 'getaddrinfo()' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 03/24/2015 15:54Updated: 01/11/2022 17:05
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (62), 05/31/2017 08:48 (5), 01/11/2022 17:05 (3)
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