USN-4218-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4218-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4218-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4218-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2019-12-10T13:49:32.819008Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:00Z
Summary
eglibc vulnerability
Details

Jakub Wilk discovered that GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain memory alignments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / eglibc

Package

Name
eglibc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/eglibc@2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.17-93ubuntu4
2.18-0ubuntu1
2.18-0ubuntu2
2.18-0ubuntu4
2.18-0ubuntu5
2.18-0ubuntu6
2.18-0ubuntu7
2.19-0ubuntu2
2.19-0ubuntu3
2.19-0ubuntu4
2.19-0ubuntu5
2.19-0ubuntu6
2.19-0ubuntu6.1
2.19-0ubuntu6.3
2.19-0ubuntu6.4
2.19-0ubuntu6.5
2.19-0ubuntu6.6
2.19-0ubuntu6.7
2.19-0ubuntu6.8
2.19-0ubuntu6.9
2.19-0ubuntu6.10
2.19-0ubuntu6.11
2.19-0ubuntu6.13
2.19-0ubuntu6.14
2.19-0ubuntu6.15

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "eglibc-source",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc-dev-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-amd64",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-armel",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-amd64",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-armel",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-i386",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-ppc64",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-dev-x32",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-i386",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-pic",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-ppc64",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-prof",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libc6-x32",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "multiarch-support",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nscd",
            "binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2018-6485"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"
}