Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting glibc package, versions <2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm3
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-GLIBC-356561
- published1 Aug 2017
- disclosed1 Aug 2017
Introduced: 1 Aug 2017
CVE-2017-12132 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 glibc to version 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm3 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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.