CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2013-7423

Published: Feb 24, 2015 | Modified: Sep 01, 2021
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Enterprise_linux_server_aus Redhat 6.5 (including) 6.5 (including)

References