CVE-2003-0859 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the getifaddrs function of GNU libc (glibc) versions 2.2.4 and earlier, affecting products from vendors like GNU, Intel, and Red Hat. An attacker can exploit this by sending spoofed messages to the kernel netlink interface, leading to system unavailability. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low-privilege local attack with high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in the KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.91aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:zebra:0.91a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.92aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:zebra:0.92a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.93aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:zebra:0.93a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.93bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:zebra:0.93b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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