CVE-2018-19591

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-19591
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-04 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:55:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 28 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 28 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GNU C Library: Arbitrary descriptor allocation (GLSA 201903-09) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
sourceware.org/git CONFIRM sourceware.org Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commitdiff sourceware.org
sourceware.org Git sourceware.org
Glibc if_nametoindex() Socket Descriptor State Error Lets Remote Users Consume Excessive Memory Resources - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: glibc-2.27-35.fc28 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
glibc: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201908-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: glibc-2.28-22.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
23927 – (CVE-2018-19591) Linux if_nametoindex() does not close descriptor (CVE-2018-19591) CONFIRM sourceware.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: glibc-2.28-22.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: glibc-2.27-35.fc28 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-4416-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commitdiff CONFIRM sourceware.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2018-19591 GNU C Library (glibc) Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
  • 710153 Gentoo Linux glibc Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201908-06)
  • 710199 Gentoo Linux GNU C Library Arbitrary descriptor allocation Vulnerability (GLSA 201903-09)
  • 900018 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for glibc 2.28
  • 903167 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for glibc (1941)
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