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CVE-2017-12132

Published: 1 August 2017

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.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.9

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
eglibc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

trusty Needed

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

glibc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(2.26-0ubuntu2)
bionic Not vulnerable
(2.26-0ubuntu2)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(2.26-0ubuntu2)
disco Not vulnerable
(2.26-0ubuntu2)
eoan Not vulnerable
(2.26-0ubuntu2)
focal Not vulnerable
(2.26-0ubuntu2)
groovy Not vulnerable
(2.26-0ubuntu2)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(2.26-0ubuntu2)
impish Not vulnerable
(2.26-0ubuntu2)
jammy Not vulnerable
(2.26-0ubuntu2)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(2.26-0ubuntu2)
lunar Not vulnerable
(2.26-0ubuntu2)
mantic Not vulnerable
(2.26-0ubuntu2)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.26)
xenial
Released (2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm3)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
Patches:
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=e14a27723cc3a154d67f3f26e719d08c0ba9ad25
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=47db584c74e2bbcf1ba55e62d949c1a738da5e0a

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.9
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N