7.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2013-4357

Published: 31/12/2019 Updated: 14/01/2020
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 445
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

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

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novell suse linux enterprise server 11.0

debian debian linux 6.0

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canonical ubuntu linux 10.04

canonical ubuntu linux 12.04

canonical ubuntu linux 14.04

fedoraproject fedora 18

fedoraproject fedora 19

Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #722075 libc6: getaddrinfo() sends DNS queries to random file descriptors (CVE-2013-7423) Package: libc6; Maintainer for libc6 is GNU Libc Maintainers <debian-glibc@listsdebianorg>; Source for libc6 is src:glibc (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Arnaud Le Blanc <arnaudlb@gmailcom> Date: ...
USN-2306-1 introduced a regression in the GNU C Library ...
USN-2306-1 introduced a regression in the GNU C Library ...
Several security issues were fixed in the GNU C Library ...