Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-3075: GNU C Library: Multiple vulnerabilities
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
06/01/2016
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
01/08/2018
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(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-libs-glibc
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