CVE-2003-0859 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (The getifaddrs function in GNU libc (glibc) 2.2.4 and earlie)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-2003-0859 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 4.9 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2003-12-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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