CVE-2013-1914

glibc < 2.17 - Denial of Service via getaddrinfo Hostname/IP Address Processing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a (1) hostname or (2) IP address that triggers a large number of domain conversion results.

References (20)

Core 20
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1605.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/2
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947882
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58839
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/8
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/05/1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/52817
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0769.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:163
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=813121
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0

Scores

EPSS 0.0310
EPSS Percentile 87.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (36)
gnu/glibc 2.0.1
gnu/glibc 2.0.6
gnu/glibc 2.2
gnu/glibc 2.2.1
gnu/glibc 2.2.2
gnu/glibc 2.2.3
gnu/glibc 2.2.4
gnu/glibc 2.2.5
gnu/glibc 2.3
gnu/glibc 2.3.1
... and 26 more
Published Apr 29, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026