The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3513 advisory.

    The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread libraries (libpthread), standard     math libraries (libm), and the name service cache daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on the system.
    Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly.

    Security Fix(es):

    * glibc: getaddrinfo should reject IP addresses with trailing characters (CVE-2016-10739)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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RHEL 8 : glibc (RHSA-2019:3513)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 130546

Version 1.6

Version 1.5

Version 1.4

Version 1.3

Version 1.6 Nov 7, 2024, 5:39 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411070539
Version 1.5 Nov 5, 2024, 12:50 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411051250
Version 1.4 Apr 28, 2024, 1:01 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Reference Plugin Feed: 202404280101
Version 1.3 Apr 15, 2024, 12:50 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "False") CVSSv2 score source (set to "CVE-2016-10739") Plugin Feed: 202404151250