CVE-2016-3075
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the nss_dns implementation of the getnetbyname function in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a long name.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.22-6 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.22-6 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.22-6 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.22-6 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.22-6 |
| suse | 13.2 | affected | |
| fedora | 23 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 15.10 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | glibc | {"endIncluding":"2.23"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3075.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2573.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85732
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19879
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=317b199b4aff8cfa27f2302ab404d2bb5032b9a4
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3075
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.