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Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 21:25:47 -0400
From: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: Felix Wilhelm <fwilhelm@...gle.com>, musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE request: musl libc 1.1.16 and earlier dns
buffer overflow
On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 04:17:57PM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> Felix Wilhelm has discovered a flaw in the dns response parsing for
> musl libc 1.1.16 that leads to overflow of a stack-based buffer.
> Earlier versions are also affected.
>
> When an application makes a request via getaddrinfo for both IPv4 and
> IPv6 results (AF_UNSPEC), an attacker who controls or can spoof the
> nameservers configured in resolv.conf can reply to both the A and AAAA
> queries with A results. Since A records are smaller than AAAA records,
> it's possible to fit more addresses than the precomputed bound, and a
> buffer overflow occurs.
>
> Users are advised to upgrade to 1.1.17 or patch; the patch is simple
> and should apply cleanly to all recent versions:
>
> https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/patch/?id=45ca5d3fcb6f874bf5ba55d0e9651cef68515395
>
> Users who cannot patch or upgrade immediately can mitigate the issue
> by running a caching nameserver on localhost and pointing resolv.conf
> to 127.0.0.1.
CVE-2017-15650 has been assigned for this issue.
Rich
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