[Secure-testing-team] Bug#833302: glibc: CVE-2016-5417: per-thread memory leak in __res_vinit with IPv6 nameservers

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: glibc
Version: 2.23-4
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream fixed-upstream
Forwarded: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19257

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for glibc.

CVE-2016-5417[0]:
per-thread memory leak in __res_vinit with IPv6 nameservers

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5417
[1] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19257

Regards,
Salvatore