Is CVE-2013-4357 actively exploited?

CVE-2013-4357 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-4357?

CVE-2013-4357 has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2013-4357?

Patch guidance is available from eglibc security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2013-4357.

Fix CVE-2013-4357 - HIGH eglibc eglibc

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2013-4357?

9 products: eglibc eglibc, novell suse linux enterprise server, debian debian linux, debian debian linux, canonical ubuntu linux, and 4 more.

Description

The eglibc package before 2.14 incorrectly handled the getaddrinfo() function. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-120

Metadata

Primary Vendor: EGLIBC
Published: 12/31/2019
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

eglibc : eglibcnovell : suse_linux_enterprise_serverdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedora

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD