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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-19591: GNU C Library: Arbitrary descriptor allocation

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-19591: GNU C Library: Arbitrary descriptor allocation

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/04/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
03/14/2019
Modified
08/16/2019

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-libs-glibc

References

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