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CVE-2003-0859

Published: Dec 15, 2003 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0859
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

The getifaddrs function in GNU libc (glibc) 2.2.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service by sending spoofed messages as other users to the kernel netlink interface.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
GlibcGnu2.3.2 (including)2.3.2 (including)
ZebraGnu0.91a (including)0.91a (including)
ZebraGnu0.92a (including)0.92a (including)
ZebraGnu0.93a (including)0.93a (including)
ZebraGnu0.93b (including)0.93b (including)
Quagga_routing_software_suiteQuagga0.96.2 (including)0.96.2 (including)
PropackSgi2.2.1 (including)2.2.1 (including)
PropackSgi2.3 (including)2.3 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatglibc-0:2.3.2-95.6*
Red Hat Linux 7.1RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.2RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 7.3RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 8.0RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 9RedHat*

References

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