UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5417
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5417
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5417.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5417
- Upstream
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-02-16T00:00:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-07-16T07:49:55.003297Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - low
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Memory leak in the _resvinit function in the IPv6 name server management code in libresolv in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging partial initialization of internal resolver data structures.
- References
Affected packages
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / glibc
Package
- Name
- glibc
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/glibc@2.23-0ubuntu6?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affectedFixed2.23-0ubuntu6
Affected versions
2.*
2.21-0ubuntu4
2.21-0ubuntu5
2.21-0ubuntu6
2.23-0ubuntu1
2.23-0ubuntu2
2.23-0ubuntu3
2.23-0ubuntu4
2.23-0ubuntu5
Ecosystem specific
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