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Ubuntu: USN-4416-1 (CVE-2018-19591): GNU C Library vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4416-1 (CVE-2018-19591): GNU C Library vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/04/2018
Created
08/07/2020
Added
08/05/2020
Modified
05/01/2023

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libc6

References

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