CVE-2013-7423
EPSS 3.2%Published: 2/24/2015Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7423
Description
The send_dg function in resolv/res_send.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.20 does not properly reuse file descriptors, which allows remote attackers to send DNS queries to unintended locations via a large number of requests that trigger a call to the getaddrinfo function.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/glibcfrom 0, < 2.19-1