CVE-2016-5417
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 16, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 10, 2016
Description
Memory leak in the __res_vinit function in the IPv6 name server management code in libresolv in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging partial initialization of internal resolver data structures.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19257
- 92257vdb-entry
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2212c1420c92a33b0e0bd9a34938c9814a56c0f7
- [oss-security] 20160802 glibc: Per-thread memory leak in __res_vinit with IPv6 nameservers (CVE-2016-5417)mailing-list
- [libc-alpha] 20160804 The GNU C Library version 2.24 is now availablemailing-list
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