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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-3075): GNU C Library regression

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-3075): GNU C Library regression

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/26/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/27/2016
Modified
04/25/2018

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libc-bin
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libc6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libc6-dev

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