CVE-2017-12132 (GCVE-0-2017-12132)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-01 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 18:28
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Summary
The DNS stub resolver in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before version 2.26, when EDNS support is enabled, will solicit large UDP responses from name servers, potentially simplifying off-path DNS spoofing attacks due to IP fragmentation.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2017-08-01 00:00
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