PT-2017-8724 · Gnu+2 · Glibc+2

Matthias Schiffer · Published 2016-12-27 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-5417

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions glibc versions prior to 2.24

Description The issue is related to a memory leak in the res vinit function within the IPv6 name server management code in libresolv. This memory leak can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service by consuming memory, leveraging the partial initialization of internal resolver data structures.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.24, update to version 2.24 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2499

CVE-2016-5417

MGASA-2017-0091

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10154-1

USN-3239-1

USN-3239-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Ubuntu

Glibc

References · 80

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6323 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00766 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1234 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8982 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5417 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5180 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-07717 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5417 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0091 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8982 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5417 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0091.html · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5417 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5417 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8984 · Security Note