CVE-2013-4357 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the eglibc package, affecting various Linux distributions including Canonical, Debian, Fedora, and Novell, due to incorrect handling by the getaddrinfo() function. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to cause a system crash. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eglibc:eglibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:sp2:*:*:ltss:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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