CVE-2016-3706 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a stack-based buffer overflow in the glibc getaddrinfo function.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-3706?
CVE-2016-3706 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Gnu Glibc, published on 10 Jun 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3706?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Gnu Glibc, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2016-3706?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-3706 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3706 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gnu Glibc
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3706, GHSA-2x2r-j2qj-78q7, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3706.