CVE-2016-2225 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Uclibc

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 29.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
UclibcDebian UclibcUclibc-ng Project Uclibc-ng
Timeline
PublishedMar 24
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The __read_etc_hosts_r 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 a crafted packet.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/uclibc< uclibc 1.0.20-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianuclibc/uclibc< 1.0.20-1+3

Patches

Patch: repo.or.cz ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-rh88-rf49-8c8f: The __read_etc_hosts_r function in libc/inet/resolv↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-2225: The __read_etc_hosts_r function in libc/inet/resolv↗2017-03-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2016-2225: uclibc - The __read_etc_hosts_r function in libc/inet/resolv.c in uClibc-ng before 1.0.12...↗2016
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