CVE-2017-12132 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00602.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Gnu	Glibc
Redhat	Enterprise Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
glibc-0:2.17-222.el7	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7	RHSA-2018:0805	2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100598
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1205.4011.pdf
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12132
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21361
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12132

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-08-01T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:28:16.526Z

Reserved: 2017-08-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-12132

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-01T16:29:00.180

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-12132

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-04-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-12132 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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