Bug 1653993 (CVE-2018-19591)

Summary: CVE-2018-19591 glibc: file descriptor leak in if_nametoindex() in sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/if_index.c
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Laura Pardo <lpardo>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: abhgupta, aoliva, arjun.is, ashankar, codonell, dbaker, dj, fweimer, glibc-bugzilla, jokerman, law, mfabian, mnewsome, pfrankli, rth, siddhesh, sthangav, trankin
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OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: glibc 2.29 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Bug Depends On: 1654000, 1654010    
Bug Blocks: 1654004    

Description Laura Pardo 2018-11-27 19:58:55 UTC 
A flaw was found in glibc before version 2.29. 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.


References:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23927

Upstream Patch:
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2018-11/msg00698.html
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-11-27 20:01:25 UTC 
Created glibc tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1654000]
Comment 3 Stefan Cornelius 2018-11-30 10:05:27 UTC 
Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of glibc as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2018-12-04 02:22:52 UTC 
glibc-2.27-35.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.