In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28,...
High severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 13, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Feb 1, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Dec 4, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 13, 2022
Last updated
Feb 1, 2023
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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