MEDIUM
Stack-based buffer overflow in the nss_dns implementation of the getnetbyname function in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a long name.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2573.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85732
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19879
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=317b199b4aff8cfa27f2302ab404d2bb5032b9a4
Source: MITRE
Published: 2016-06-01
Updated: 2018-10-30
Type: CWE-119
Base Score: 5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 10
Severity: MEDIUM
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: HIGH