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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3075

Stack-based buffer overflow in the nss_dns implementation of the getnetbyname function in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24 allows context-depende...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 glibc

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.22-6"}]}]

Debian:13 glibc

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.22-6"}]}]

Debian:14 glibc

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.22-6"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org