Name: CVE-2016-2225: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-2225, CWE-400, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.00648

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 Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade uclibc	Mar 31, 2017	Jul 26, 2016

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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