Re: CVE request: glibc

[cve-assign () mitre org]

On Mon, 15 Dec 2014, Florian Weimer wrote:

> The getnetbyname function in glibc 2.21 in earlier will enter an infinite 
> loop if the DNS backend is activated in the system Name Service Switch 
> configuration, and the DNS resolver receives a positive answer while 
> processing the network name.
>
> Upstream reference:
>
>  <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17630>

Use CVE-2014-9402.

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