Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting glibc-common package, versions <0:2.17-222.173.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.9% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-GLIBCCOMMON-1713260
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed1 Aug 2017

Introduced: 1 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12132  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 glibc-common to version 0:2.17-222.173.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2018-1017.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-common package and not the glibc-common package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

The DNS stub resolver in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before version 2.26, when EDNS support is enabled, will solicit large UDP responses from name servers, potentially simplifying off-path DNS spoofing attacks due to IP fragmentation.