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Fedora 29 : glibc (2018-f6b7df660d)

high Nessus Plugin ID 120918

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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 a minor defect :

 - 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)

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

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Solution

Update the affected glibc package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-f6b7df660d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 120918

File Name: fedora_2018-f6b7df660d.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2019

Updated: 6/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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:29

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: 11/30/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19591