CVE-2018-19591

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
1.364

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
GNU C Library (USN-4416-1) libc6_2.27-3ubuntu1.2_i386.debLinux
GNU C Library (USN-4416-1) libc6_2.27-3ubuntu1.2_amd64.debLinux
GNU C Library (USN-4416-1) libc6_2.30-0ubuntu2.2_i386.debLinux
GNU C Library (USN-4416-1) libc6_2.30-0ubuntu2.2_amd64.debLinux
GNU C Library (USN-4416-1) libc6_2.23-0ubuntu11.2_i386.debLinux
GNU C Library (USN-4416-1) libc6_2.23-0ubuntu11.2_amd64.debLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234