| Name | CVE-2016-5417 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 833302 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| glibc (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.19-18+deb8u14 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.24-11+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.24-11+deb9u7 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.28-10+deb10u4 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.31-13+deb11u11 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.31-13+deb11u10 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.36-9+deb12u9 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2.36-9+deb12u7 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.40-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| eglibc | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| glibc | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| glibc | source | (unstable) | 2.22-4 | | | 833302 |
Notes
[jessie] - glibc <not-affected> (Introduced in 2.22)
- eglibc <not-affected> (Introduced in 2.22)
Introduced by: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=2212c1420c92a33b0e0bd9a34938c9814a56c0f7 (glibc-2.22)
Fixed by: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=5e7fdabd7df1fc6c56d104e61390bf5a6b526c38 (glibc-2.24)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19257