Input validation error in Opensuse - CVE-2016-3706
Published: June 10, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40244
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3706
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SUSE
Affected software:
Opensuse
Opensuse
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3706
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- 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