SB2018112808 - Denial of service in GNU Glibc
Published: November 28, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018112808
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19591)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to an invalid 'ifname' parameter to __if_nametoindex() in 'sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/if_index.c'. A remote attacker can invoke a call to the getaddrinfo() function with a 'node' parameter, consume excessive memory and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.