Follow @Openwall on Twitter for new release announcements and other news
[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list] 
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 11:00:14 +0100
From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com, cve-assign@...re.org
Subject: CVE request: glibc

The getnetbyname function in glibc 2.21 in earlier will enter an 
infinite loop if the DNS backend is activated in the system Name Service 
Switch configuration, and the DNS resolver receives a positive answer 
while processing the network name.

Upstream reference:

   <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17630>

-- 
Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security

Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Please check out the Open Source Software Security Wiki, which is counterpart to this mailing list.

Confused about mailing lists and their use? Read about mailing lists on Wikipedia and check out these guidelines on proper formatting of your messages.