CVE-2015-7547: glibc getaddrinfo stack-based buffer overflow

Posted by penguinist on Feb 16, 2016 6:11 PM EDT
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The glibc DNS client side resolver is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow when the getaddrinfo() library function is used. Software using this function may be exploited with attacker-controlled domain names, attacker-controlled DNS servers, or through a man-in-the-middle attack.

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