Input validation error in Opensuse - CVE-2016-3706

 

Input validation error in Opensuse - CVE-2016-3706

Published: June 10, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40244
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3706
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

Opensuse
Fedora
Integrated Management Module II (IMM2)
glibc

How to mitigate CVE-2016-3706

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) - update to 1AOO76I-6.00
glibc - update to 2.22-16.fc23

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