CVE-2016-3706

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-3706
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-06-10T15:59:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-12T23:18:29
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.23
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=4ab2ab03d4351914ee53248dc5aef4a8c88ff8b9 Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20010 Issue Tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88440 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039 Third Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3706
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3706
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:21:37 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 09:51:31 2016-06-10T15:59Z 2016-06-10T15:59:03 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 09:51:31 2020-10-29T20:19:53 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 09:51:31 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-13 00:05:49 2023-02-12T23:18:29 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 00:05:49 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated