CVE-2017-12132 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100598 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1205.4011.pdf https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21361

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.9