CVE-2016-4429
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.9 · Out-of-bounds write
5.9CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20112 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20112Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.htmlAdvisory
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00027.html
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=bc779a1a5b3035133024b21e2f339fe4219fb11c