Stack-based buffer overflow in GNU C Library (glibc) - CVE-2013-1914

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Stack-based buffer overflow in GNU C Library (glibc) - CVE-2013-1914

Published: April 30, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42862
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1914
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c when processing a (1) hostname or (2) IP address that triggers a large number of domain conversion results. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

GNU C Library (glibc)
Gentoo Linux
sys-libs/glibc

How to mitigate CVE-2013-1914

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

sys-libs/glibc - update to 2.19-r1

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