GHSA-x2fw-rj3g-6m95HighCVSS 7.5

In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, attempting to resolve a crafted hostname...

Published
May 13, 2022
Last Modified
October 14, 2026

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📋 Description

In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, attempting to resolve a crafted hostname via getaddrinfo() leads to the allocation of a socket descriptor that is not closed. This is related to the if_nametoindex() function.

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