Vulnerability CVE-2013-7424
Published: 2015-08-26

Description:
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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.1/10
6.4/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> Glibc 

 References:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1627.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/21
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72710
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186614
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981942
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18011
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=2e96f1c7
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