CVE-2018-19591

7.5 HIGH

Published: December 04, 2018 Modified: December 03, 2025

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106037

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042174

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BO7WHN52GFMC5F2I2232GFIPSSXWFV7G/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M52KE4YR3GNMHQUOS3DKAGZD5TQ5D5UH/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-09

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-06

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190321-0003/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23927

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=blob_plain%3Bf=NEWS%3Bhb=HEAD

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d527c860f5a3f0ed687bd03f0cb464612dc23408

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106037