Denial of Service Vulnerability in glibc's nss_dns Implementation

CVE-2014-9402 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The nss_dns implementation of getnetbyname in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.21, when the DNS backend in the Name Service Switch configuration is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by sending a positive answer while a network name is being process.

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