Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-6928.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-6928
Upstream
Published
2021-11-10T15:15:12Z
Modified
2026-04-21T04:38:33.668250Z
Severity
  • 9.6 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
CVE-2021-43523 affecting package uclibc-ng for versions less than 1.0.37-2
Details

In uClibc and uClibc-ng before 1.0.39, incorrect handling of special characters in domain names returned by DNS servers via gethostbyname, getaddrinfo, gethostbyaddr, and getnameinfo can lead to output of wrong hostnames (leading to domain hijacking) or injection into applications (leading to remote code execution, XSS, applications crashes, etc.). In other words, a validation step, which is expected in any stub resolver, does not occur.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:2 / uclibc-ng

Package

Name
uclibc-ng
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/uclibc-ng

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.37-2

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-6928.json"