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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2018-11-27 16:12:43 +0100
committerPranav Kant <prka@google.com>2024-01-12 23:20:06 +0000
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CVE-2018-19591: if_nametoindex: Fix descriptor for overlong name [BZ #23927]
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@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ Security related changes:
addresses with arbitrary trailing characters, potentially leading to data
or command injection issues in applications.
+ 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.
+
CVE-2017-18269: An SSE2-based memmove implementation for the i386
architecture could corrupt memory. Reported by Max Horn.