Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-4429): GNU C Library vulnerabilities
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
06/10/2016
07/25/2018
03/21/2017
11/27/2024
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the clntudp_call function in sunrpc/clnt_udp.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly unspecified other impact via a flood of crafted ICMP and UDP packets.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-libc6
- ubuntu-upgrade-libtirpc-dev
- ubuntu-upgrade-libtirpc1
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