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CVE-2026-4437 Calling gethostbyaddr or gethostbyaddr_r with a configured nsswitch.conf that specifies the library's DNS backend in the…

Description

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 products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP 3.1 3.1.5 → < 3.1.6 3.1.6
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP 3.1 3.1.5 → < 3.1.6 3.1.6
SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP 3.1 3.1.5 → < 3.1.6 3.1.6
glibc 2.34 2.34 → 2.43 No fix stated
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