CVE-2013-4357

glibc: stack overflow in getaddrinfo()'s use of alloca()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · April 13, 2011

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

The eglibc package before 2.14 incorrectly handled the getaddrinfo() function. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service.

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 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow