FKIE_CVE-2015-5180
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-06-27 20:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:28
Severity
Summary
res_query in libresolv in glibc before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and process crash).
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | |
| gnu | glibc | * |
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