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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-12-04T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:37:11.535Z

Reserved: 2018-11-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-19591

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-04T16:29:00.480

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:55:35.010

Link: CVE-2018-19591

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-11-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-19591 - Bugzilla