CVE-2013-1914

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    CVE-2013-1914

    Published: 29 Apr 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a (1) hostname or (2) IP address that triggers a large number of domain conversion results.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0769.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1605.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/52817, http://secunia.com/advisories/55113, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:163, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1, http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04, http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15330, https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=813121, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947882, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0, http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1cef1b19089528db11f221e938f60b9b048945d7, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/2, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/8, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/05/1, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58839

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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