PT-2013-1306 · Gnu+5 · Gnu C Library+5

Siddhesh Poyarekar · Published 2013-11-22 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2013-4458

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) versions 2.18 and earlier

Description The issue is a stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function, which can be triggered by a hostname or IP address that results in a large number of AF INET6 address results, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash). This problem exists due to an incomplete fix for a previous issue.

Recommendations For GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) versions 2.18 and earlier, consider updating to a version that includes a complete fix for this issue. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of the getaddrinfo function to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using hostnames or IP addresses that may trigger a large number of AF INET6 address results until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1035

ALT-PU-2015-2084

BDU:2016-02234

CESA-2014_1391

CVE-2013-4458

DLA-165-1

MGASA-2013-0340

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10154-1

RHSA-2014:1391

RHSA-2014_1391

SUSE-RU-2015:0794-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0253-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0439-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0470-1

USN-2306-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Gnu C Library

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 258

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/smtp/exim_gethostbyname_bof.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/aaronfay/CVE-2015-0235-test · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/makelinux/CVE-2015-0235-workaround · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/arm13/ghost_exploit · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/geekben/cve-collections/blob/master/cve20150235poc.c · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/mikesplain/CVE-2015-0235-cookbook · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/mholzinger/CVE-2015-0235_GHOST · Exploit
• 🔥 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16072 · Exploit
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2207 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2015-2084 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09813 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8984 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0475 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09867 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09335 · Security Note