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CVE-2016-5417
Published: Feb 16, 2017
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
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References
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19257
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92257
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[oss-security] 20160802 glibc: Per-thread memory leak in __res_vinit with IPv6 nameservers (CVE-2016-5417)
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[libc-alpha] 20160804 The GNU C Library version 2.24 is now available
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