CVE-2016-4429

Upstream information

CVE-2016-4429 at MITRE

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the clntudp_call function in sunrpc/clnt_udp.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly unspecified other impact via a flood of crafted ICMP and UDP packets.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	7.5	2.6
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Network	Network
Access Complexity	Low	High
Authentication	None	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial	None
Integrity Impact	Partial	None
Availability Impact	Partial	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	9.8
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	High

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1081556 [NEW], 980854 [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	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 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	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 GA glibc
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	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 GA glibc
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	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 GA glibc
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	glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-devel-static >= 2.26-11.8 glibc-utils >= 2.26-11.8	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 GA glibc-devel-32bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 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	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 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	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 GA glibc
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	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 GA glibc
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	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 GA glibc
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 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 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 Software Development Kit 11 SP4	glibc >= 2.11.3-17.102.1 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	glibc >= 2.19-22.16.2 glibc-devel-static >= 2.19-22.16.2	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2016-1015
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1	glibc >= 2.19-38.2 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	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 GA glibc-devel-static
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	glibc-devel-static >= 2.22-61.3 glibc-info >= 2.22-61.3	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 GA glibc-devel-static
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
openSUSE Leap 42.1	glibc >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-32bit >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-debuginfo >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-debuginfo-32bit >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-debugsource >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-devel >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-devel-debuginfo >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-devel-debuginfo-32bit >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-devel-static >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-devel-static-32bit >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-extra >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-extra-debuginfo >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-html >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-i18ndata >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-info >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-locale >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-locale-debuginfo >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-locale-debuginfo-32bit >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-obsolete >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-obsolete-debuginfo >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-profile >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-testsuite >= 2.19-22.2 glibc-utils >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-utils-32bit >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-utils-debuginfo >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-utils-debuginfo-32bit >= 2.19-22.1 glibc-utils-debugsource >= 2.19-22.1 nscd >= 2.19-22.1 nscd-debuginfo >= 2.19-22.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2016-852
openSUSE Leap 42.2	glibc >= 2.22-3.7 glibc-32bit >= 2.22-3.7 glibc-devel >= 2.22-3.7 glibc-extra >= 2.22-3.7 glibc-info >= 2.22-3.7 glibc-locale >= 2.22-3.7 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.22-3.7 nscd >= 2.22-3.7	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 42.2 GA glibc
openSUSE Leap 42.3	glibc >= 2.22-8.4 glibc-32bit >= 2.22-8.4 glibc-devel >= 2.22-8.4 glibc-extra >= 2.22-8.4 glibc-info >= 2.22-8.4 glibc-locale >= 2.22-8.4 glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.22-8.4 nscd >= 2.22-8.4	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 42.3 GA glibc
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

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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
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 GA	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 11 SP3	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 11 SP4	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 GA	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 SP1	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS	glibc	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 GA	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 GA LTSS	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1	glibc	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11 SP3	glibc	Released