Security readout for executives and security teams
This flaw affects old eglibc versions before 2.14. A malicious input path involving name resolution could make affected software stop responding or crash, causing denial of service. It is mainly a legacy Linux dependency risk, not evidence of data theft or code execution in the provided sources. Most likely in legacy Linux environments still running eglibc before 2.14 or vendor builds lacking a backported fix. Systems with network-facing services that resolve attacker-supplied hostnames deserve priority review. Handle as a legacy availability risk. It is not supported by sources as active exploitation or data compromise, but vulnerable core system libraries can affect many services if outdated systems remain in production. Mitigation focus: Inventory systems for eglibc packages older than 2.14 or unverified vendor backports.; Check Debian, Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, or platform-specific advisories for fixed packages.; Apply vendor-supported libc/eglibc updates through normal package management..
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Source materials
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- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4357CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4357CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4357CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4357CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95103CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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