Code Affecting glibc package, versions <2.19-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-GLIBC-356700
  • published24 Feb 2015
  • disclosed24 Feb 2015

Introduced: 24 Feb 2015

CVE-2013-7423  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-17  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable glibc to version 2.19-1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

The send_dg function in resolv/res_send.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.20 does not properly reuse file descriptors, which allows remote attackers to send DNS queries to unintended locations via a large number of requests that trigger a call to the getaddrinfo function.

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