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CVE-2018-19591
Published: Dec 4, 2018
Modified: Dec 3, 2025
PUBLISHED
Description
In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, attempting to resolve a crafted hostname via getaddrinfo() leads to the allocation of a socket descriptor that is not closed. This is related to the if_nametoindex() function.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=blob_plain%3Bf=NEWS%3Bhb=HEAD
x_refsource_CONFIRM
FEDORA-2018-f6b7df660d
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
106037
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23927
x_refsource_CONFIRM
FEDORA-2018-060302dc83
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
GLSA-201903-09
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
1042174
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190321-0003/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
GLSA-201908-06
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
USN-4416-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
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