CVE-2017-12132

Medium

Description

The DNS stub resolver in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before version 2.26, when EDNS support is enabled, will solicit large UDP responses from name servers, potentially simplifying off-path DNS spoofing attacks due to IP fragmentation.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductGnu Glibc
PublishedAug 1, 2017
First seenAug 1, 2017

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
gnu glibcv ≤ 2.25—

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