CVE-2013-1914

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 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 domain conversion results.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
eglibc	13.10 saucy	Not affected
	13.04 raring	Fixed 2.17-0ubuntu5.1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 2.15-0ubuntu20.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.15-0ubuntu10.5
	11.10 oneiric	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.13
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
glibc	13.10 saucy	Not in release
	13.04 raring	Not in release
	12.10 quantal	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	11.10 oneiric	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Notes

sbeattie

infinity is going to roll this into an SRU that he'll push through the ubuntu-security-proposed ppa

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
eglibc	Upstream: http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=1cef1b19089528db11f221e938f60b9b048945d7 Upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=2169712d9c140d1b011470393c64258b2db3a4cd
glibc	Upstream: http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=1cef1b19089528db11f221e938f60b9b048945d7

Status

Notes

sbeattie

Patch details

References

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