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HistoryDec 25, 2018 - 12:00 a.m.

K30002521 : GNU C Library vulnerability CVE-2018-19591

2018-12-2500:00:00
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7.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.006 Low

EPSS

Percentile

77.7%

Security Advisory Description

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. (CVE-2018-19591)

Impact

There is no impact; F5 products are not affected by this vulnerability.