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CVE-2015-5180

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2015-5180  

res_query in libresolv in glibc before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and process crash).

Source

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

res_query in libresolv in glibc before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and process crash).

Find out more about CVE-2015-5180 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 1.2
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (glibc) RHSA-2018:0805 2018-04-10

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 glibc Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 glibc Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 glibc Not affected

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Florian Weimer (Red Hat Product Security).

This page is generated automatically and has not been checked for errors or omissions.

For clarification or corrections please contact Red Hat Product Security.

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