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CVE

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-4437

Calling gethostbyaddr or gethostbyaddr_r with a configured nsswitch.conf that specifies the library's DNS backend in the GNU C Library version 2.34 to version 2.43 could, with a crafted response from ...
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CVE

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-4437

Calling gethostbyaddr or gethostbyaddr_r with a configured nsswitch.conf that specifies the library's DNS backend in the GNU C Library version 2.34 to version 2.43 could, with a crafted response from ...

Calling gethostbyaddr or gethostbyaddr_r with a configured nsswitch.conf that specifies the library's DNS backend in the GNU C Library version 2.34 to version 2.43 could, with a crafted response from the configured DNS server, result in a violation of the DNS specification that causes the application to treat a non-answer section of the DNS response as a valid answer.

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
-
C
H
U
0
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
C
H
U
-

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References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-4437

Severity

7.5

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Ecosystem
Base CVSS
7.5
EPSS Probability
0%
EPSS Percentile
0%
Introduced Version
0
Fix Available
2.36-9+deb12u14,2.41-12+deb13u3,2.42-14

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