MGASA-2016-0206: glibc Mageia

Published
Published 23-05-2016Last modified 16-04-2026

Vulnerability summary

MGASA-2016-0206 is a vulnerability in glibc Mageia with no CVSS score yet.

Priority
Insufficient evidence

No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS scoreNot scoredRisk metrics not yet published.
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 3 · Downstream 0
CVE-2016-1234CVE-2016-3075CVE-2016-3706

Timeline

  1. 23-05-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Updated glibc packages fix security vulnerabilities Updated glibc packages fix security vulnerabilities: It was found that glob implementation in glibc does not correctly handle overlong names in struct dirent buffers when GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC is used, causing large stack-based buffer overflow with controlled length and content (CVE-2016-1234). A stack overflow vulnerability (unbounded allocation) in _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r function was found (CVE-2016-3075). stack (frame) overflow in getaddrinfo() when called with AF_INET, AF_INET6 (incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4458) (CVE-2016-3706).

CVSS metrics

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EPSS trend

No EPSS score has been published for this record yet.

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: not stated in public data.

Mageia1 product
  • glibc< 2.20-22.mga5

1 vendor · 1 product

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