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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2017-12132) ELSA-2018-0805: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2017-12132) ELSA-2018-0805: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/01/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/19/2018
Modified
12/14/2022

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)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-common
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-headers
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-static
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-glibc-utils
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nscd

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