High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 10, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-3706
CVE-2016-3706
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving hostent conversion. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4458.
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Affected products
15- osv-coords12 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/glibc&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1
< 2.24-2.3+ 11 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.24-2.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.19-22.16.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.19-38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.102.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.19-22.16.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.19-38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.102.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.19-22.16.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.19-38.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.102.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.19-22.16.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.19-38.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/88440nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01nvdThird Party Advisory
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
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