Description (CNA)
The getaddrinfo function in glibc before 2.15, when compiled with libidn and the AI_IDN flag is used, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by an internationalized domain name to ping6.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186614
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/21
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2e96f1c7
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1627.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981942
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18011
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72710
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186614
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/21
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2e96f1c7
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1627.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981942
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18011
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72710