Stack-based buffer overflow in the getaddrinfo function in sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a (1) hostname or (2) IP address that triggers a large number of domain conversion results.
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947882
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=813121
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1991-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58839
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/05/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/2
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:284
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:163
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1cef1b19089528db11f221e938f60b9b048945d7
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15330
http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
http://secunia.com/advisories/52817
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/0
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1605.html