CVE-2003-0859

medium

Description

The getifaddrs function in GNU libc (glibc) 2.2.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service by sending spoofed messages as other users to the kernel netlink interface.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11337

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2003-0850

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-334.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-325.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-12-15

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H