Description

The eglibc package before 2.14 incorrectly handled the getaddrinfo() function. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-120

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
eglibc	eglibc	before 2.14

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00020.htmlIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/17/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/17/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/28/18Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/21Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/24/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67992Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-2Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-3Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4357Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4357Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4357Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95103Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4357Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00020.htmlIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/17/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/17/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/28/18Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/21Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/24/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67992Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-2Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2306-3Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4357Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4357Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4357Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95103Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4357Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 31, 2019
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified