CVEvulnerability
CVE-2013-7423
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-02-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-17
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 6.5
• canonical ubuntu linux 10.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.10
• opensuse opensuse 13.1
• opensuse opensuse 13.2
• gnu glibc (< 2.20)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00089.html Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0863.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0 seclists.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/28/20 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72844 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2519-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1207 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/golang/go/issues/6336 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02 Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15946 Issue Tracking
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00089.html Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164014/Moxa-Command-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerable-Software.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0863.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0 seclists.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/28/20 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72844 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2519-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1207 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/golang/go/issues/6336 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02 Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15946 Issue Tracking