GNU C Library 2.3.2 getifaddrs denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU C Library 2.3.2. This affects the function getifaddrs. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-0859. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GNU C Library 2.3.2 (Software Library) and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function getifaddrs. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The getifaddrs function in GNU libc (glibc) 2.2.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service by sending spoofed messages as other users to the kernel netlink interface.

The weakness was shared 12/15/2003 (Website). The advisory is shared at redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-0859 since 10/10/2003. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 13661 (Fedora Core 1 : glibc-2.3.2-101.1 (2003-002)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (13751), Tenable (13661), SecurityFocus (BID 9027†), OSVDB (55381†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-22187†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 13661
Nessus Name: Fedora Core 1 : glibc-2.3.2-101.1 (2003-002)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/10/2003 🔍
11/12/2003 +33 days 🔍
11/14/2003 +2 days 🔍
12/15/2003 +31 days 🔍
12/15/2003 +0 days 🔍
12/15/2003 +0 days 🔍
07/23/2004 +221 days 🔍
05/26/2009 +1768 days 🔍
08/21/2014 +1913 days 🔍
09/05/2019 +1841 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0859 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0859
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21029

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X-Force: 13751
SecurityFocus: 9027 - Spoofed Kernel Netlink Interface Message Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 55381 - CVE-2003-0859 - Glibc - Denial-Of-Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 22187 - GNU libc 2.2.4 and Earlier Getifaddrs Function Local Denial of Service Vulnerability, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 08/21/2014 17:33
Updated: 09/05/2019 06:59
Changes: 08/21/2014 17:33 (67), 09/05/2019 06:59 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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