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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-06-10T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:03:34.443Z

Reserved: 2016-03-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-3706

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-06-10T15:59:03.360

Modified: 2023-02-12T23:18:29.547

Link: CVE-2016-3706

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-04-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-3706 - Bugzilla