7.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
5.1 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.014 Low
EPSS
Percentile
86.0%
The getaddrinfo function in glibc before 2.15, when compiled with libidn and the AI_IDN flag is used, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by an internationalized domain name to ping6.
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1627.html
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/21
www.securityfocus.com/bid/72710
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186614
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981942
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18011
sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2e96f1c7