CVE-2016-3075
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2016-03-29 | |
| Impact: | Low | What is this? |
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the nss_dns implementation of thegetnetbyname function in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a long name.
See more information about CVE-2016-3075 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 3.7 |
| Vector String: | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (glibc) | ELSA-2016-2573 | 2016-11-09 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (glibc) | ELSA-2016-3638 | 2016-11-09 |
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