Rapid7 Vulnerability & Exploit Database

Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-10739: Security patch for glibc (ALAS-2019-1320)

Free InsightVM Trial No Credit Card Necessary
Watch Demo See how it all works
Back to Search

Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-10739: Security patch for glibc (ALAS-2019-1320)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/21/2019
Created
11/26/2019
Added
11/23/2019
Modified
11/23/2019

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-glibc

With Rapid7 live dashboards, I have a clear view of all the assets on my network, which ones can be exploited, and what I need to do in order to reduce the risk in my environment in real-time. No other tool gives us that kind of value and insight.

– Scott Cheney, Manager of Information Security, Sierra View Medical Center

;