CVE-2016-2224

HIGH

uclibc-ng < 1.0.12 - Denial of Service via Compressed DNS Reply

Title source: llm

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.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82903

Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/05/2

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2224

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://repo.or.cz/uclibc-ng.git/commit/d9c3a16dcab57d6b56225b9a67e9119cc9e2e4ac

Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/05/3

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0280

EPSS Percentile 84.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-400

Status published

Products (1)

uclibc-ng_project/uclibc-ng < 1.0.11

Published Mar 24, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026