CVE-2012-6686
glibc: stack overflow in getaddrinfo()'s use of alloca()
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · April 13, 2011
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
[REJECTED CVE] This CVE has been rejected. This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2013-4357. Note: All CVE users should reference CVE-2013-4357 instead of this candidate.
Statement
This issue has already been addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-0022.html and in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 via http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0763.html
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow