CVE-2003-0859

glibc <= 2.2.4 - Denial of Service via Spoofed Netlink Messages

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The getifaddrs function in GNU libc (glibc) 2.2.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service by sending spoofed messages as other users to the kernel netlink interface.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-334.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11337
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-325.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 17.0%

Details

Status published
Products (12)
gnu/glibc 2.3.2
gnu/zebra 0.91a
gnu/zebra 0.92a
gnu/zebra 0.93a
gnu/zebra 0.93b
intel/ia64
quagga/quagga_routing_software_suite 0.96.2
redhat/enterprise_linux 2.1 (6 CPE variants)
redhat/enterprise_linux 3.0 (2 CPE variants)
redhat/linux_advanced_workstation 2.1
... and 2 more
Published Dec 15, 2003
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026