#VU12269 NULL pointer dereference in Glibc - CVE-2015-5180

 

#VU12269 NULL pointer dereference in Glibc - CVE-2015-5180

Published: April 27, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12269
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5180
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Glibc
Software vendor:
GNU

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in res_query in libresolv due to NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

Remediation

Update to version 2.25.

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