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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting glibc-common package, versions <0:2.17-222.173.amzn1

high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    User Interaction Required
    Scope Changed

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.19% (56th percentile)
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NVD
5.9 medium
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Red Hat
3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-GLIBCCOMMON-1713260
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 1 Aug 2017
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Introduced: 1 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12132 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-770 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 glibc-common to version 0:2.17-222.173.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2018-1017.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-common package and not the glibc-common package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.