UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3484

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3484

    Published: 20 Feb 2020Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3484
    Aliases:
    USN-4768-1

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the __dn_expand function in network/dn_expand.c in musl libc 1.1x before 1.1.2 and 0.9.13 through 1.0.3 allow remote attackers to (1) have unspecified impact via an invalid name length in a DNS response or (2) cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid name length in a DNS response, related to an infinite loop with no output.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3484, https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=140210606626487&w=2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3484, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4768-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: musl

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.9.15-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    0.9.14-2
    0.9.14-2ubuntu1
    0.9.15-1

    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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