CVE-2013-4357

Publication date 20 September 2013

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

The eglibc package before 2.14 incorrectly handled the getaddrinfo() function. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
eglibc 14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
13.10 saucy
Not affected
13.04 raring
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.14

Notes

jdstrand

upstream says this isn't an issue and reporter states that this can't be reproduced on Linux. Marking ignored for now.

sbeattie

RedHat issued a fix for this in RHBA-2012-0763

Patch details

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Package Patch details
eglibc

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2306-1
    • GNU C Library vulnerabilities
    • 4 August 2014

Other references