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Ubuntu: USN-4768-1 (CVE-2017-15650): musl vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4768-1 (CVE-2017-15650): musl vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/19/2017
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
05/01/2023

Description

musl libc before 1.1.17 has a buffer overflow via crafted DNS replies because dns_parse_callback in network/lookup_name.c does not restrict the number of addresses, and thus an attacker can provide an unexpected number by sending A records in a reply to an AAAA query.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-musl

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