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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2018-12-04T16:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-14T06:30:40.649Z
Reserved: 2018-11-26T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2018-19591
Updated: 2024-08-05T11:37:11.535Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-12-04T16:29:00.480
Modified: 2026-10-14T07:16:43.377
Link: CVE-2018-19591