UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19591

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19591
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19591.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19591
Related
Published
2018-12-04T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:41Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/glibc@2.27-3ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.27-3ubuntu1.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.26-0ubuntu2
2.26-0ubuntu2.1
2.27-0ubuntu2
2.27-0ubuntu3
2.27-3ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

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