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CVE-2013-7423
published 2015-02-24

CVE-2013-7423: 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…

medium5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLAuNCNIPAN
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

14 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
debianglibc< glibc 2.19-1 (bookworm)glibc 2.19-1 (bookworm)
eglibceglibc>= 0 < 2.19-0ubuntu6.62.19-0ubuntu6.6
gnuglibc< 2.202.20
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.19-12.19-1
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.19-12.19-1
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.19-12.19-1
gnuglibc>= 0 < 2.19-12.19-1
opensuseopensuse
opensuseopensuse
redhatenterprise_linux_server_aus

CVSS provenance

nvd5.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
osv5.0MEDIUM