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CVE-2016-5417

Memory leak in the __res_vinit function in the IPv6 name server management code in libresolv in GNU C Library (aka glibc

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.01185
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

1
gnu glibc<= 2.23
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD17 Feb 2017 · 02:59 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

2
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10154-1
usnUSN-3239-1
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/5Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92257Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19257Issue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git
https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-08/msg00212.htmlRelease Notes
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