Bug 2449777 (CVE-2026-4437) - CVE-2026-4437 glibc: glibc: Incorrect DNS response parsing via crafted DNS server response
Summary: CVE-2026-4437 glibc: glibc: Incorrect DNS response parsing via crafted DNS se...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-4437
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2450232 2450236 2450228 2450230 2450234 2450237
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Reported: 2026-03-20 21:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-03-23 06:56 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-03-20 21:02:13 UTC 
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.
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