Debian Security Bug TrackerDEBIANCVE:CVE-2018-19591CVE-2018-19591
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.006 Low
EPSS
Percentile
77.7%
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.
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | 12 | all | glibc | < 2.28-1 | glibc_2.28-1_all.deb |
| Debian | 11 | all | glibc | < 2.28-1 | glibc_2.28-1_all.deb |
| Debian | 999 | all | glibc | < 2.28-1 | glibc_2.28-1_all.deb |
| Debian | 13 | all | glibc | < 2.28-1 | glibc_2.28-1_all.deb |
Related
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.006 Low
EPSS
Percentile
77.7%