CVE-2013-4357: The eglibc package before 2.14 incorrectly handled the getaddrinfo() function

High severity · published Dec 31, 2019

CVE-2013-4357

The eglibc package before 2.14 incorrectly handled the getaddrinfo() function

7.5

CVSS

3.2%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

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

CVSS vector

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

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges

None

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.2% · higher than 88% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Debian Linux · Debian

6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD

Eglibc · Eglibc

before 2.14 · source: NVD

Fedora · Fedoraproject

18; 19 · source: NVD

Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Novell

11.0 · source: NVD

Ubuntu Linux · Canonical

10.04; 12.04; 14.04 · source: NVD

Affected product

Ubuntu Linux

Canonical

All Ubuntu Linux CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4357

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4357

Issue Tracking

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00020.html

Mailing List

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/17/4

Mailing List

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/17/8

Exploit

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/28/18

Exploit

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/21

Mailing List

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/24/3