CVE-2021-43523 Information

Description

In uClibc and uClibc-ng before 1.0.39 incorrect handling of special characters in domain names returned by DNS servers via gethostbyname getaddrinfo gethostbyaddr and getnameinfo can lead to output of wrong hostnames (leading to domain hijacking) or injection into applications (leading to remote code execution XSS applications crashes etc.). In other words a validation step which is expected in any stub resolver does not occur.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/11/09/1 https://uclibc-ng.org/ https://github.com/wbx-github/uclibc-ng/commit/0f822af0445e5348ce7b7bd8ce1204244f31d174

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.6