* Salvatore Bonaccorso: > CVE-2016-10739[0]: > | In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, the getaddrinfo > | function would successfully parse a string that contained an IPv4 > | address followed by whitespace and arbitrary characters, which could > | lead applications to incorrectly assume that it had parsed a valid > | string, without the possibility of embedded HTTP headers or other > | potentially dangerous substrings. > > 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-2016-10739 > https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10739 > [1] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20018 > > Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.
Would it help if I put a backport on the 2.24 upstream branch?
