CVE-2016-3075

Published: Jun 1, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the nss_dns implementation of the getnetbyname 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.

Affected (6)

Products: Opensuse: Opensuse · Gnu: Glibc · Fedoraproject: Fedora · +1 more

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Opensuse: Opensuse · Gnu: Glibc · Fedoraproject: Fedora · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux

1 product

1 product

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 13.2

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Glibc	Up to 2.23

Configuration C

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 23

Configuration D

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 15.10

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (18)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2573.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85732

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19879

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=317b199b4aff8cfa27f2302ab404d2bb5032b9a4

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2573.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85732

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19879

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=317b199b4aff8cfa27f2302ab404d2bb5032b9a4

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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