CVE-2013-7423 in C Libraryinfo

Summary

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.

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Reservation

01/28/2015

Disclosure

02/24/2015

Status

Confirmed

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