SB2017081619 - Fedora 26 update for glibc
Published: August 16, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017081619
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12132)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack and write arbitrary files on the target system.The weakness exists in the DNS stub resolver due to soliciting large UDP responses from name servers, potentially simplifying off-path DNS spoofing attacks due to IP fragmentation, when EDNS support is enabled. A remote attacker can write arbitrary files.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.