Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2013-4458 First vendor Publication 2013-12-12
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-11-07

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.18 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a (1) hostname or (2) IP address that triggers a large number of AF_INET6 address results. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1914.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4458

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25256
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25256
Title: SUSE-SU-2014:0760-1 -- Security update for glibc
Description: This update for the GNU Lib C fixes security issues, some bugs and introduces one new feature. The following security issues have been fixed: * CVE-2013-4357: Various potential stack overflows in getaddrinfo() and others were fixed. (bnc#844309) * CVE-2013-4458: A stack (frame) overflow in getaddrinfo() when called with AF_INET6. The following new feature has been implemented: * On PowerLinux, a vDSO entry for getcpu() was added for possible performance enhancements. (FATE#316816, bnc#854445) The following issues have been fixed: * Performance problems with threads in __lll_lock_wait_private and __lll_unlock_wake_private. (bnc#836746) * IPv6: Memory leak in getaddrinfo() when many RRs are returned. (bnc#863499) * Using profiling C library (-lc_p) can trigger a segmentation fault. (bnc#872832)
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): SUSE-SU-2014:0760-1
CVE-2013-4357
CVE-2013-4458
 Version: 3
Platform(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
 Product(s): glibc
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26605
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26605
Title: RHSA-2014:1391: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Moderate)
Description: The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread libraries (libpthread), standard math libraries (libm), and the Name Server Caching Daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly. An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the way the glibc's readdir_r() function handled file system entries longer than the NAME_MAX character constant. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted NTFS or CIFS file system that, when processed by an application using readdir_r(), would cause that application to crash or, potentially, allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2013-4237) It was found that getaddrinfo() did not limit the amount of stack memory used during name resolution. An attacker able to make an application resolve an attacker-controlled hostname or IP address could possibly cause the application to exhaust all stack memory and crash. (CVE-2013-4458) These updated glibc packages also include several bug fixes and two enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Technical Notes, linked to in the References section, for information on the most significant of these changes. All glibc users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues and add these enhancements.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2014:1391-01
CVE-2013-4237
CVE-2013-4458
CESA-2014:1391
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
CentOS Linux 6
 Product(s): glibc
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27027
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27027
Title: ELSA-2014-1391 -- glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Description: [2.12-1.149] - Remove gconv transliteration loadable modules support (CVE-2014-5119, - _nl_find_locale: Improve handling of crafted locale names (CVE-2014-0475, [2.12-1.148] - Switch gettimeofday from INTUSE to libc_hidden_proto (#1099025). [2.12-1.147] - Fix stack overflow due to large AF_INET6 requests (CVE-2013-4458, #1111460). - Fix buffer overflow in readdir_r (CVE-2013-4237, #1111460). [2.12-1.146] - Fix memory order when reading libgcc handle (#905941). - Fix format specifier in malloc_info output (#1027261). - Fix nscd lookup for innetgr when netgroup has wildcards (#1054846). [2.12-1.145] - Add mmap usage to malloc_info output (#1027261). [2.12-1.144] - Use NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN to indicate insufficient buffer (#1087833). [2.12-1.143] - [ppc] Add VDSO IFUNC for gettimeofday (#1028285). - [ppc] Fix ftime gettimeofday internal call returning bogus data (#1099025). [2.12-1.142] - Also relocate in dependency order when doing symbol dependency testing (#1019916). [2.12-1.141] - Fix infinite loop in nscd when netgroup is empty (#1085273). - Provide correct buffer length to netgroup queries in nscd (#1074342). - Return NULL for wildcard values in getnetgrent from nscd (#1085289). - Avoid overlapping addresses to stpcpy calls in nscd (#1082379). - Initialize all of datahead structure in nscd (#1074353). [2.12-1.140] - Return EAI_AGAIN for AF_UNSPEC when herrno is TRY_AGAIN (#1044628). [2.12-1.139] - Do not fail if one of the two responses to AF_UNSPEC fails (#845218). [2.12-1.138] - nscd: Make SELinux checks dynamic (#1025933). [2.12-1.137] - Fix race in free() of fastbin chunk (#1027101). [2.12-1.136] - Fix copy relocations handling of unique objects (#1032628). [2.12-1.135] - Fix encoding name for IDN in getaddrinfo (#981942). [2.12-1.134] - Fix return code from getent netgroup when the netgroup is not found (#1039988). - Fix handling of static TLS in dlopen'ed objects (#995972). [2.12-1.133] - Don't use alloca in addgetnetgrentX (#1043557). - Adjust pointers to triplets in netgroup query data (#1043557).
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2014-1391
CVE-2013-4237
CVE-2013-4458
 Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
 Product(s): glibc
glibc-common
glibc-devel
glibc-headers
glibc-static
glibc-utils
nscd
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 113
Application 1
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-12-18 Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.
File : f5_bigip_SOL06493172.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-05-31 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-494.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-02-18 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-0470-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-26 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-165.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-09 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201503-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-26 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2014-0033.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-12 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2014-1391.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-04 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20141014_glibc_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-10-24 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2014-296-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-10-17 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1391.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-10-14 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2014-1391.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-09-09 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2306-3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-08-29 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2328-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-08-06 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2306-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-08-05 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2306-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-06 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_glibc-140515.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-11-26 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2013-283.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
CONFIRM https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16072
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284
MLIST https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-10/msg00733.html
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html

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