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CVE-2003-0859
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2003-12-15 · updated 2026-06-16
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.
Affected products
- GNU C Library (glibc): 2.3.2
- GNU Zebra: 0.91a, 0.92a, 0.93a, 0.93b
- Intel Ia64: all versions
- Quagga Routing Software Suite: 0.96.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 2.1, 3.0
- RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation: 2.1
- Sgi Propack: 2.2.1, 2.3
References
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-325.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-334.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11337
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-325.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-334.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11337
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