CVE-2016-2224

Published 24 Mar 2017 · Updated 05 Aug 2024

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3Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackepss 2.8%

The __decode_dotted 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.

Affected products

n/a · n/a

References

http://repo.or.cz/uclibc-ng.git/commit/d9c3a16dcab57d6b56225b9a67e9119cc9e2e4ac https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2224 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/05/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/05/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82903