DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2224

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2224
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2224.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2224
Upstream
Published
2017-03-24T15:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:17:17Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The _decodedotted function in libc/inet/resolv.c in uClibc-ng before 1.0.12 allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving compressed items in a reply.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / uclibc

Package

Name
uclibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/uclibc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.20-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / uclibc

Package

Name
uclibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/uclibc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.20-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / uclibc

Package

Name
uclibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/uclibc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.20-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:14 / uclibc

Package

Name
uclibc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/uclibc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.20-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}