CVE-2016-5417 (GCVE-0-2016-5417)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-16 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:00
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1062 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2016-08-02 00:00
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