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CVE-2013-1914

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 and earlier allows remote att…

Impact

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a (1) hostname or (2) IP address that triggers a large number of domain conversion results.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
GnuGlibc
through 2.17
Versions 2.0.1, 2.0.6, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2

Weakness classification

CWE-119

References