Upstream information

CVE-2013-7424 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.1
Vector AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 828637 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP2 glibc Unsupported
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for SAP Enterprise Search glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 glibc Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 glibc Unsupported

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Mar 8 11:25:03 2012
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 13 19:03:57 2023