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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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CVE-2016-3706 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88440 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20010 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking 
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=4ab2ab03d4351914ee53248dc5aef4a8c88ff8b9 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-3706
NVD Published Date:
06/10/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.