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CVE-2013-7424

CVE-2013-7424

EPSS 2.7%
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 products
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References
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1627.htmlhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186614https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981942https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18011https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2e96f1c7http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/21http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72710