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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19591

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19591 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:11glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:14glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:13glibc0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Dec 4, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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