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CVE-2013-7424

Published: Aug 26, 2015 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5.1 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
5.1 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7424
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/17.html

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 Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Glibc Gnu * 2.14.1 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat glibc-0:2.5-123.el5_11.3 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat glibc-0:2.12-1.149.el6 *

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