SB2016061005 - Input validation error in Novell Opensuse
Published: June 10, 2016 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016061005
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3706)
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving hostent conversion.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00039.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102073
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88440
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995039
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20010
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=4ab2ab03d4351914ee53248dc5aef4a8c88ff8b9