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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-3075: GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 1, 2016
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-libs-glibc
Title
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