Vigil@nce - glibc: descriptor leak via getaddrinfo
January 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
– Impacted products: Fedora, SIMATIC.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Consequences: denial of service on service, denial of service on
client.
– Provenance: internet client.
– Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
– Creation date: 30/11/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can create a descriptor leak via getaddrinfo() of
glibc, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/glibc-descriptor-leak-via-getaddrinfo-27921