CVE-2017-12132
N/A
Published: August 1, 2017 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:02 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGlibc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805x_refsource_MISCTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1205.4011.pdfx_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21361Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-770
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