CVE-2016-5417 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2016-5417 PUBLISHED

Memory leak in the __res_vinit function in the IPv6 name server management code in libresolv in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging partial initialization of internal resolver data structures.

EPSS 1.19% · 78.7th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

1.19%

78.7th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	glibc	0, 2.21-0ubuntu4, 2.21-0ubuntu5

Timeline

Feb 16, 2017 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5417 third-party-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/5 third-party-advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19257 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3239-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5417 third-party-advisory

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