CVE-2015-5180

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions glibc versions prior to 2.25

Description The issue is related to the res query function in the libresolv component of the GNU C Library, which is vulnerable to errors related to pointer dereferences. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a process crash due to a NULL pointer dereference.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.25, update to version 2.25 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the res query function in the libresolv component until a patch is available.