F5 Networks: K16841 (CVE-2013-7423): GNU C Library (glibc) vulnerability CVE-2013-7423
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
02/24/2015
07/25/2018
02/16/2017
02/01/2018
Description
The send_dg function in resolv/res_send.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or 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 requests that trigger a call to the getaddrinfo function.
Solution(s)
- f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest
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