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CVE-2018-19591

7.5 high SSVC exploitation: poc Modified
NVD · CVE.org

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.

Fix

Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.

Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 7.5 · gnu, fedoraprojectNVD modified 2026-10-14 07:16

Affected (CPE criteria) 3

  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 23