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CVE-2016-5417
N/ADescription
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.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A
Published2/17/2017
Last Modified4/20/2025
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
gnu:glibc
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-399
References
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/5(secalert@redhat.com)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92257(secalert@redhat.com)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19257(secalert@redhat.com)
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2212c1420c92a33b0e0bd9a34938c9814a56c0f7(secalert@redhat.com)
https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-08/msg00212.html(secalert@redhat.com)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/5(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92257(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19257(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2212c1420c92a33b0e0bd9a34938c9814a56c0f7(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-08/msg00212.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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