CVE-2016-3075

Upstream information

CVE-2016-3075 at MITRE

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the nss_dns implementation of the getnetbyname function in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a long name.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	5	4
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network	Network
Access Complexity	Low	High
Authentication	None	None
Confidentiality Impact	None	None
Integrity Impact	None	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.5
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 973164 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SU-2016:1721-1, published Thu Jun 30 17:08:17 MDT 2016
• SUSE-SU-2016:1733-1, published Mon Jul 4 13:07:59 MDT 2016
• SUSE-SU-2016:2156-1, published Thu Aug 25 10:09:47 MDT 2016
• SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1, published Wed, 11 Oct 2017 03:06:53 +0200 (CEST)
• SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1, published Wed, 11 Oct 2017 03:07:32 +0200 (CEST)
• openSUSE-SU-2016:1527-1, published Wed, 8 Jun 2016 16:08:05 +0200 (CEST)
• openSUSE-SU-2016:1779-1, published Mon, 11 Jul 2016 00:14:34 +0200 (CEST)

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1	glibc >= 2.19-38.2 glibc-32bit >= 2.19-38.2 glibc-devel >= 2.19-38.2 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.19-38.2 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.19-38.2 glibc-locale >= 2.19-38.2 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.19-38.2 nscd >= 2.19-38.2	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1021
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	glibc >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-32bit >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-devel >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-locale >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.22-49.16 nscd >= 2.22-49.16
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	glibc >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-32bit >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-devel >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-locale >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.22-61.3 nscd >= 2.22-61.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4	glibc >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-32bit >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-devel >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-locale >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.22-15.3 nscd >= 2.22-15.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12	glibc >= 2.19-22.16.2 glibc-32bit >= 2.19-22.16.2 glibc-devel >= 2.19-22.16.2 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.19-22.16.2 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.19-22.16.2 glibc-locale >= 2.19-22.16.2 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.19-22.16.2 nscd >= 2.19-22.16.2	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-1015
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5	glibc >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-32bit >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-devel >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-html >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-info >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-locale >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-profile >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.22-100.15.4 nscd >= 2.22-100.15.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1	glibc >= 2.26-13.19.1 glibc-32bit >= 2.26-13.19.1 glibc-devel >= 2.26-13.19.1 glibc-extra >= 2.26-13.19.1 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.26-13.19.1 glibc-info >= 2.26-13.19.1 glibc-locale >= 2.26-13.19.1 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.26-8.21 glibc-locale-base >= 2.26-13.19.1 glibc-profile >= 2.26-13.19.1 nscd >= 2.26-13.19.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2	glibc >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-32bit >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-devel >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-extra >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-info >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-locale >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.26-8.21 glibc-locale-base >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-locale-base-32bit >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-profile >= 2.26-13.48.1 nscd >= 2.26-13.48.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3	glibc >= 2.31-7.30 glibc-32bit >= 2.31-7.20 glibc-devel >= 2.31-7.30 glibc-extra >= 2.31-7.30 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.31-7.30 glibc-info >= 2.31-7.30 glibc-lang >= 2.31-7.30 glibc-locale >= 2.31-7.30 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.26-13.8.1 glibc-locale-base >= 2.31-7.30 glibc-locale-base-32bit >= 2.31-7.20 glibc-profile >= 2.31-7.30 nscd >= 2.31-7.30
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15	glibc >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-32bit >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-devel >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-extra >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-info >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-locale >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-profile >= 2.26-11.8 nscd >= 2.26-11.8
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12	sles12-docker-image >= 1.1.4-20171002 sles12sp1-docker-image >= 1.0.7-20171002	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1672 SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1673
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1	glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.26-8.21 glibc-devel-static >= 2.26-13.19.1 glibc-utils >= 2.26-13.19.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2	glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-devel-static >= 2.26-13.48.1 glibc-utils >= 2.26-13.48.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3	glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.31-7.20 glibc-devel-static >= 2.31-7.30 glibc-utils >= 2.31-7.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15	glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-devel-static >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-utils >= 2.26-11.8
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4	glibc >= 2.11.3-17.102.1 glibc-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.102.1 glibc-devel >= 2.11.3-17.102.1 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.102.1 glibc-html >= 2.11.3-17.102.1 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.11.3-17.102.1 glibc-info >= 2.11.3-17.102.1 glibc-locale >= 2.11.3-17.102.1 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.102.1 glibc-locale-x86 >= 2.11.3-17.102.1 glibc-profile >= 2.11.3-17.102.1 glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.11.3-17.102.1 glibc-profile-x86 >= 2.11.3-17.102.1 glibc-x86 >= 2.11.3-17.102.1 nscd >= 2.11.3-17.102.1	Patchnames: slessp4-glibc-12712
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1	glibc >= 2.19-38.2 glibc-32bit >= 2.19-38.2 glibc-devel >= 2.19-38.2 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.19-38.2 glibc-html >= 2.19-38.2 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.19-38.2 glibc-info >= 2.19-38.2 glibc-locale >= 2.19-38.2 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.19-38.2 glibc-profile >= 2.19-38.2 glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.19-38.2 nscd >= 2.19-38.2	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1021
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	glibc >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-32bit >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-devel >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-html >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-info >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-locale >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-profile >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.22-49.16 nscd >= 2.22-49.16
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	glibc >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-32bit >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-devel >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-html >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-info >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-locale >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-profile >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.22-61.3 nscd >= 2.22-61.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	glibc >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-32bit >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-devel >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-html >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-info >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-locale >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-profile >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.22-15.3 nscd >= 2.22-15.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12	glibc >= 2.19-22.16.2 glibc-32bit >= 2.19-22.16.2 glibc-devel >= 2.19-22.16.2 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.19-22.16.2 glibc-html >= 2.19-22.16.2 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.19-22.16.2 glibc-info >= 2.19-22.16.2 glibc-locale >= 2.19-22.16.2 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.19-22.16.2 glibc-profile >= 2.19-22.16.2 glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.19-22.16.2 nscd >= 2.19-22.16.2	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-1015
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2	glibc >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-devel >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-html >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-info >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-locale >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-profile >= 2.22-49.16 nscd >= 2.22-49.16
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4	glibc-html >= 2.11.3-17.102.1 glibc-info >= 2.11.3-17.102.1	Patchnames: sdksp4-glibc-12712
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1	glibc-devel-static >= 2.19-38.2 glibc-info >= 2.19-38.2	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1021
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2	glibc-devel-static >= 2.22-49.16 glibc-info >= 2.22-49.16
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	glibc-devel-static >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-info >= 2.22-61.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4	glibc-devel-static >= 2.22-15.3 glibc-info >= 2.22-15.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5	glibc-devel-static >= 2.22-100.15.4 glibc-info >= 2.22-100.15.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12	glibc-devel-static >= 2.19-22.16.2	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2016-1015
openSUSE Leap 15.0	glibc >= 2.26-lp150.10.13 glibc-32bit >= 2.26-lp150.10.13 glibc-extra >= 2.26-lp150.10.13 glibc-locale >= 2.26-lp150.10.13 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.26-lp150.10.13 nscd >= 2.26-lp150.10.13	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA glibc-2.26-lp150.10.13
openSUSE Tumbleweed	glibc >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-32bit >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-devel >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-devel-static >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-devel-static-32bit >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-extra >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-html >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-info >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-locale >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-obsolete >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-profile >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-utils >= 2.24-2.3 glibc-utils-32bit >= 2.24-2.3 nscd >= 2.24-2.3	Patchnames: openSUSE Tumbleweed GA glibc-2.24-2.3

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First public cloud image revisions this CVE is fixed in:

• alibaba/sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210729
• alibaba/sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210827
• amazon/suse-manager-4-2-proxy-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-manager-4-2-server-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-arm64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210729-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210827-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-v20210924-ecs-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-v20210924-hvm-ssd-arm64
• amazon/suse-sles-15-sp3-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-hpc-15-sp3-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-sap-15-sp3-byos-v20210924-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• google/sles-15-sp3-byos-v20210812
• google/sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210729
• google/sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210827
• google/sles-15-sp3-sap-byos-v20210812
• google/sles-15-sp3-sap-v20210812
• google/sles-15-sp3-sapcal-v20210812
• google/sles-15-sp3-v20210812
• google/suse-manager-4-2-proxy-byos-v20210812
• google/suse-manager-4-2-server-byos-v20210812
• microsoft/suse-manager-4-2-proxy-byos-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-manager-4-2-server-byos-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-basic-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-byos-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210729
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-chost-byos-v20210827
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-hpc-byos-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-hpc-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-15-sp3-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-sap-15-sp3-byos-v20210924
• microsoft/suse-sles-sap-15-sp3-v20210924

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s)	Source package	State
HPE Helion OpenStack 8	glibc	Already fixed
SLES-LTSS-SAP	glibc	Already fixed
SLES_LTSS-10-SP4	glibc	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12	sles12-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12	sles12sp1-docker-image	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3	glibc	In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS	glibc	In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ESPOS	glibc	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS	glibc	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server BCL 12 SP2	glibc	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server BCL 12 SP3	glibc	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1	glibc	Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8	glibc	Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8	glibc	Already fixed