AVG-831 log

Package glibc
Status Fixed
Severity Medium
Type denial of service
Affected 2.28-5
Fixed 2.29-1
Current 2.40+r16+gaa533d58ff-2 [core]
Ticket None
Created Sat Dec 8 22:37:08 2018
Issue Severity Remote Type Description
CVE-2018-19591 Medium Yes Denial of service
A file descriptor leak has been found in glibc <= 2.28, in the if_nametoindex() function, when processing getaddrinfo() calls with crafted interface names.
References
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q4/186