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CVE-2026-4437

gethostbyaddr and gethostbyaddr_r may incorrectly handle DNS response PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
The GNU C Library / glibcaffected 2.34 through 2.43

CWE

CWE-125

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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siemens-SADP

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