glibc: denial of service
| Package(s): | glibc | CVE #(s): | CVE-2016-5417 | ||||||||
| Created: | August 8, 2016 | Updated: | August 10, 2016 | ||||||||
| Description: | From the Arch Linux advisory:
The sockaddr_in6 allocated in resolv/res_init.c:317 is not freed, leaking 28 bytes per thread using the resolver (according to valgrind). The leak is triggered if name resolution functions are called in such a way that internal resolver data structures are only initialized partially. This issue may ultimately lead to denial of service by leaking extensive amounts of memory. | ||||||||||
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