CVE-2016-10739
Publication date 21 January 2019
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, the getaddrinfo function would successfully parse a string that contained an IPv4 address followed by whitespace and arbitrary characters, which could lead applications to incorrectly assume that it had parsed a valid string, without the possibility of embedded HTTP headers or other potentially dangerous substrings.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| eglibc | 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release | |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Vulnerable
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| glibc | 25.10 questing |
Not affected
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| 25.04 plucky |
Not affected
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
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| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored change too intrusive | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored change too intrusive | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Notes
Patch details
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
5.3 · Medium
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| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity impact | Low |
| Availability impact | Low |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |