CVE-2016-4429

MEDIUM

GNU C Library - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the clntudp_call function in sunrpc/clnt_udp.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly unspecified other impact via a flood of crafted ICMP and UDP packets.

References (11)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html

[Broken Link] http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073

[Mailing List] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00027.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20112

[Patch] https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=bc779a1a5b3035133024b21e2f339fe4219fb11c

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/3759-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/3759-2/

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0200

EPSS Percentile 83.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-787

Status draft

Affected Products (7)

opensuse/leap

opensuse/opensuse

gnu/glibc < 2.24

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published Jun 10, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026