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CVE-2003-0859

Published: Nov 18, 2003Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
4.9MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 70.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

The getifaddrs function in GNU libc (glibc) 2.2.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service by sending spoofed messages as other users to the kernel netlink interface.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

gnu
oss-project·USaka g. nu
glibc
OSS Libraries
zebra
OSS Libraries
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka redhat, red hat
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux advanced workstationOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
quagga
oss-projectaka bgpd, quagga routing software suite
quagga routing software suiteOn-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
sgi
commercial·USaka sg i, s g i
propack
Operating Systems
intel
commercial·USaka intel corp.
ia64
Hardware Firmware
and 2 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-325.html
redhat.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-334.html
redhat.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11337
oval.cisecurity.org
and 1 more references View all →

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