{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "ID": "CVE-2016-5417", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19257", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19257" }, { "name": "92257", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92257" }, { "name": "https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=2212c1420c92a33b0e0bd9a34938c9814a56c0f7", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=2212c1420c92a33b0e0bd9a34938c9814a56c0f7" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20160802 glibc: Per-thread memory leak in __res_vinit with IPv6 nameservers (CVE-2016-5417)", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/5" }, { "name": "[libc-alpha] 20160804 The GNU C Library version 2.24 is now available", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-08/msg00212.html" } ] } }