Input validation error in Glibc - CVE-2003-0859

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Input validation error in Glibc - CVE-2003-0859

Published: October 11, 2017 / Updated: June 3, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU110130
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2003-0859
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GNU
Affected software:
Glibc

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2003-0859

Install update from vendor's website.

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