CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-2224
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400
Description
The __decode_dotted function in libc/inet/resolv.c in uClibc-ng before 1.0.12 allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving compressed items in a reply.
Affected configurations
• uclibc-ng project uclibc-ng (<= 1.0.11)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
References
- http://repo.or.cz/uclibc-ng.git/commit/d9c3a16dcab57d6b56225b9a67e9119cc9e2e4ac Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/05/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/05/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82903 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2224 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://repo.or.cz/uclibc-ng.git/commit/d9c3a16dcab57d6b56225b9a67e9119cc9e2e4ac Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/05/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/05/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82903 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2224 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory