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
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
glibc - update to 2.22-16.fc23
External 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