CVE-2017-12132

CVE Details

Release Date:

2017-08-01

Description

The DNS stub resolver in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) beforeversion 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.

See more information about CVE-2017-12132 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.3	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (glibc)	ELSA-2018-0805	2018-04-16

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