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.
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | introduced by https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=34a9094f49241ebb72084c536cf468fd51ebe3ec lucid doesn’t look vulnerable |