vulnerability
Oracle Linux: CVE-2016-3075: ELSA-2016-2573: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update (LOW) (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Mar 29, 2016 | Nov 9, 2016 | Dec 3, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 29, 2016
Added
Nov 9, 2016
Modified
Dec 3, 2025
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.
A stack overflow vulnerability was found in _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r. On systems with nsswitch configured to include "networks: dns" with a privileged or network-facing service that would attempt to resolve user-provided network names, an attacker could provide an excessively long network name, resulting in stack corruption and code execution.
A stack overflow vulnerability was found in _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r. On systems with nsswitch configured to include "networks: dns" with a privileged or network-facing service that would attempt to resolve user-provided network names, an attacker could provide an excessively long network name, resulting in stack corruption and code execution.
Solutions
oracle-linux-upgrade-glibcoracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-commonoracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-develoracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-headersoracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-staticoracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-utilsoracle-linux-upgrade-nscd
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