CVE-2018-19591

NameCVE-2018-19591
DescriptionIn 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs914837

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
glibc (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.19-18+deb8u14fixed
stretch (security)2.24-11+deb9u1fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2.24-11+deb9u7fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)2.28-10+deb10u4fixed
bullseye2.31-13+deb11u11fixed
bullseye (security)2.31-13+deb11u10fixed
bookworm2.36-9+deb12u8fixed
bookworm (security)2.36-9+deb12u7fixed
sid, trixie2.40-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
eglibcsourcewheezy(not affected)
eglibcsource(unstable)(unfixed)
glibcsourcejessie(not affected)
glibcsourcestretch(not affected)
glibcsource(unstable)2.28-1914837

Notes

[stretch] - glibc <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later and not backported to stretch)
[jessie] - glibc <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later and not backported to jessie)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23927
Fixed by: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=d527c860f5a3f0ed687bd03f0cb464612dc23408
Introduced by: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=2180fee114b778515b3f560e5ff1e795282e60b0
[wheezy] - eglibc <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later and not backported to wheezy)

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