MGASA-2017-0091

Advisory lineage Upstream: 2 Downstream: 0
Published: 27 Mar 2017, 13:55
Last modified:16 Apr 2026, 06:23

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Mar 2017, 13:55
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Apr 2026, 06:23
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Updated glibc packages fix security vulnerability Florian Weimer discovered a NULL pointer dereference in the DNS resolver of the GNU C Library. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (CVE-2015-5180). Tim Ruehsen discovered that the getaddrinfo() implementation in the GNU C Library did not properly track memory allocations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (CVE-2016-5417).

Affected Systems

  • mageia•glibc

    < 2.20-24.mga5

References (2)