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CVE-2015-7547

Published: Feb 18, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the (1) send_dg and (2) send_vc functions in the libresolv library in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response that triggers a call to the getaddrinfo function with the AF_UNSPEC or AF_INET6 address family, related to performing "dual A/AAAA DNS queries" and the libnss_dns.so.2 NSS module.

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References

1035020
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
HPSBGN03582
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_HP
SUSE-SU-2016:0471
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
RHSA-2016:0175
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
HPSBGN03551
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_HP
RHSA-2016:0225
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
FEDORA-2016-0f9e9a34ce
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
DSA-3481
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
openSUSE-SU-2016:0510
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-2900-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2016:0277
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
openSUSE-SU-2016:0511
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
SUSE-SU-2016:0470
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
HPSBGN03549
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_HP
83265
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
GLSA-201602-02
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
HPSBGN03547
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_HP
SUSE-SU-2016:0472
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
40339
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
SUSE-SU-2016:0473
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
RHSA-2016:0176
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
FEDORA-2016-0480defc94
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
openSUSE-SU-2016:0512
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
DSA-3480
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
39454
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
VU#457759
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT-VN
HPSBGN03442
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_HP

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