Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20163706000
Revision Date:2016-06-10Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-3706 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - low.
Description:Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving hostent conversion. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4458. Michael Petlan discovered an unbounded stack allocation in the getaddrinfo() function of the GNU C Library. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-3706
Platform(s):Ubuntu 17.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'glibc' package in artful is not affected (note: '2.24-0ubuntu1').
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