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Vulnerability details: VCID-7nse-ffqt-aaae
Vulnerability ID VCID-7nse-ffqt-aaae
Aliases CVE-2016-5417
Summary Memory leak in the __res_vinit function in the IPv6 name server management code in libresolv in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging partial initialization of internal resolver data structures.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-5417.html
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rhbs low https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362534
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5417
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5417
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5417
generic_textual Low https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19257
generic_textual Low https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3239-1
generic_textual Low http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/5
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-5417.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-5417.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5417
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5417
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19257
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2212c1420c92a33b0e0bd9a34938c9814a56c0f7
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=2212c1420c92a33b0e0bd9a34938c9814a56c0f7
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3239-1
https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-08/msg00212.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92257
1362534 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362534
833302 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=833302
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-5417 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5417
USN-3239-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3239-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-5417.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5417
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5417
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.76011
EPSS Score 0.00497
Published At Dec. 17, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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