debian · CVE-2016-2225

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Priority: unimportant Published: Updated: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 01:58:16 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2016-2225 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (uclibc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

The __read_etc_hosts_r function in libc/inet/resolv.c in uClibc-ng before 1.0.12 allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

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