CVE-2016-3075

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    CVE-2016-3075

    Published: 1 Jun 2016Last Modified: 28 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85732, https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=317b199b4aff8cfa27f2302ab404d2bb5032b9a4, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2573.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11, https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19879

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    glibc-2.23

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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