CVE-2016-4429

HIGH

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the clntudp_call function in sunrpc/clnt_udp.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly unspecified other impact via a flood of crafted ICMP and UDP packets.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20112

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=bc779a1a5b3035133024b21e2f339fe4219fb11c

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3759-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3759-2/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-06-10

Updated: 2019-03-22

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: CRITICAL