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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-12132: Security patch for glibc (ALAS-2018-1017)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-12132: Security patch for glibc (ALAS-2018-1017)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/01/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/11/2018
Modified
10/14/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-glibc

References

  • ALAS-2018-1017
  • CVE-2017-12132

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