| Release Date: | 2013-09-12 |
The send_dg function in resolv/res_send.c in GNU C Library (aka glibcor 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 request that trigger a call to the getaddrinfo function.
See more information about CVE-2013-7423 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score: | 1.2 | Base Metrics: | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector: | Local network | Attack Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | None required | Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None | Availability Impact: | None |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (glibc) | ELSA-2015-0863 | 2015-04-21 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (glibc) | ELSA-2015-2199 | 2015-11-24 |
| Oracle VM version 3.3 (glibc) | OVMSA-2015-0055 | 2015-04-21 |
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