CVE-2018-19591

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 ifnametoindex function...

CVE-2018-19591

Summary: CVE-2018-19591 affects the GNU C Library (glibc/libc6). In versions up to 2.28, getaddrinfo() may allocate a socket descriptor for a crafted hostname that is not closed, related to if_nametoindex(). The issue is documented across multiple sources (CVE entry and downstream advisories). Af...

CVE-2018-19591

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 ifnametoindex function...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: glibc-2.27-35.fc28

The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by multiple programs on the system. In order to save disk space and memory, as well as to make upgrading easier, common system code is kept in one place and shared between programs. This particular package contains the most important se...

Fedora Update for glibc FEDORA-2018-060302dc83

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: kernel-headers-4.19.5-300.fc29

Kernel-headers includes the C header files that specify the interface between the Linux kernel and userspace libraries and programs. The header files define structures and constants that are needed for building most standard programs and are also needed for rebuilding the glibc package...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: kernel-headers-4.19.5-200.fc28

Kernel-headers includes the C header files that specify the interface between the Linux kernel and userspace libraries and programs. The header files define structures and constants that are needed for building most standard programs and are also needed for rebuilding the glibc package...

[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: glibc-2.28-22.fc29

The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by multiple programs on the system. In order to save disk space and memory, as well as to make upgrading easier, common system code is kept in one place and shared between programs. This particular package contains the most important se...

[SECURITY] Fedora 27 Update: kernel-headers-4.18.19-100.fc27

Kernel-headers includes the C header files that specify the interface between the Linux kernel and userspace libraries and programs. The header files define structures and constants that are needed for building most standard programs and are also needed for rebuilding the glibc package...

Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL7.x x86_64 (20181030)

Security Fixes : - glibc: Incorrect handling of RPATH in elf/dl-load.c can be used to execute code loaded from arbitrary libraries CVE-2017-16997 - glibc: Integer overflow in posixmemalign in memalign functions CVE-2018-6485 - glibc: Integer overflow in stdlib/canonicalize.c on 32-bit architectur...

Security fix for the ALT Linux 9 package glibc version 6:2.27-alt7

Nov. 27, 2018 Dmitry V. Levin 6:2.27-alt7 - Updated to glibc-2.27-89-g9f433fc791 from 2.27 branch fixes CVE-2018-19591...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: kernel-headers-4.19.2-200.fc28

Kernel-headers includes the C header files that specify the interface between the Linux kernel and userspace libraries and programs. The header files define structures and constants that are needed for building most standard programs and are also needed for rebuilding the glibc package...

CentOS 7 : glibc (CESA-2018:3092)

An update for glibc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

glibc, nscd security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2018:3092 An update for glibc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager Appliance is affected by a glibc vulnerability (CVE-2017-15670)

Summary IBM Security Access Manager Appliance has addressed the following vulnerability. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2017-15670 DESCRIPTION: GNU C Library is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the glob function in glob.c. By sending a...

glibc security update

2.17-260.0.9 - Regenerate plural.c - OraBug 28806294. - Reviewed-by: Jose E. Marchesi 2.17-260.0.7 - intl: Port to Bison 3.0 - Backport of upstream gettext commit 19f23e290a5e4a82b9edf9f5a4f8ab6192871be9 - OraBug 28806294. - Reviewed-by: Patrick McGehearty 2.17-260.0.5 - Fix dbl-64/wordsize-64...

glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2.17-260.0.9 - Regenerate plural.c - OraBug 28806294. - Reviewed-by: Jose E. Marchesi 2.17-260.0.7 - intl: Port to Bison 3.0 - Backport of upstream gettext commit 19f23e290a5e4a82b9edf9f5a4f8ab6192871be9 - OraBug 28806294. - Reviewed-by: Patrick McGehearty 2.17-260.0.5 - Fix dbl-64/wordsize-64...

RHEL 7 : glibc (RHSA-2018:3092)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:3092 advisory. - glibc: Incorrect handling of RPATH in elf/dl-load.c can be used to execute code loaded from arbitrary libraries CVE-2017-16997 - glibc:...

[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: kernel-headers-4.18.13-300.fc29

Kernel-headers includes the C header files that specify the interface between the Linux kernel and userspace libraries and programs. The header files define structures and constants that are needed for building most standard programs and are also needed for rebuilding the glibc package...

glibc: Incorrect handling of RPATH in elf/dl-load.c can be used to execute code loaded from arbitrary libraries

elf/dl-load.c in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 2.19 through 2.26 mishandles RPATH and RUNPATH containing $ORIGIN for a privileged setuid or ATSECURE program, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse library in the current working directory, related to the fillinrpath...