ALPINE-CVE-2017-15650

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-15650
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-15650.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2017-15650
Upstream
Published
2017-10-19T23:29:00.407Z
Modified
2026-06-15T18:24:28.600349342Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

musl libc before 1.1.17 has a buffer overflow via crafted DNS replies because dnsparsecallback in network/lookup_name.c does not restrict the number of addresses, and thus an attacker can provide an unexpected number by sending A records in a reply to an AAAA query.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.2 / musl

Package

Name
musl
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/musl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.11-r5

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-15650.json"

Alpine:v3.3 / musl

Package

Name
musl
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/musl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.12-r8

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-15650.json"

Alpine:v3.4 / musl

Package

Name
musl
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/musl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.14-r16

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-15650.json"

Alpine:v3.5 / musl

Package

Name
musl
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/musl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.15-r8

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-15650.json"

Alpine:v3.6 / musl

Package

Name
musl
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/musl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.16-r14

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-15650.json"