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Fedora 28 : glibc (2018-060302dc83)

high Nessus Plugin ID 120212

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for the `glibc` package addresses one moderate security vulnerability and several defects.

 - CVE-2018-19591: A file descriptor leak in `if_nametoindex` can lead to a denial of service due to resource exhaustion when processing `getaddrinfo` calls with crafted host names. Reported by Guido Vranken.
 (RHBZ#1654000)

 - Failure to create the helper thread for `getaddrinfo_a`/`libanl` could result in a crash.
 (RHBZ#1646381)

 - On certain Haswell-class Intel CPUs, string function feature flags could be set incorrectly, leading to a suboptimal choice of string functions. (RHBZ#1641980)

 - Parallel building of locales led to nondeterminism in the RPM build process. (RHBZ#1652228)

 - Various minor bug fixes from the upstream 2.27 release branch were imported as part of this update ([swbz#17630](https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.c gi?id=17630), [swbz#22753](https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cg i?id=22753), [swbz#23275](https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cg i?id=23275), [swbz#23562](https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cg i?id=23562), [swbz#23579](https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cg i?id=23579), [swbz#23822](https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cg i?id=23822)).

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Solution

Update the affected glibc package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-060302dc83

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23822

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 120212

File Name: fedora_2018-060302dc83.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2019

Updated: 7/9/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-19591

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:glibc, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:28

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19591