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CVE-2017-12132 (GCVE-0-2017-12132)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-01 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 18:28
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Summary
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.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-08-01 00:00
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