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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-6362 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3239-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:00:59.901Z

Reserved: 2016-06-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5417

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-02-17T02:59:13.310

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-5417

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5417 - Bugzilla

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