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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The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201903-09 (GNU C Library: Arbitrary descriptor allocation)

    A vulnerability was discovered in the GNU C Library functions xdr_bytes       and xdr_string.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker, by sending a crafted UDP packet, could cause a Denial       of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201908-06 (glibc: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in glibc. Please review       the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has glibc packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - The idna_to_ascii_4i function in lib/idna.c in libidn before 1.33 allows context-dependent attackers to     cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via 64 bytes of input. (CVE-2016-6261)

  - The stringprep_utf8_nfkc_normalize function in lib/nfkc.c in libidn before 1.33 allows context-dependent     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via crafted UTF-8 data.
    (CVE-2016-6263)

  - A memory leak in glibc 2.1.1 (released on May 24, 1999) can be reached and amplified through the     LD_HWCAP_MASK environment variable. Please note that many versions of glibc are not vulnerable to this     issue if patched for CVE-2017-1000366. (CVE-2017-1000408)

  - A buffer overflow in glibc 2.5 (released on September 29, 2006) and can be triggered through the     LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. Please note that many versions of glibc are not vulnerable to this     issue if patched for CVE-2017-1000366. (CVE-2017-1000409)

  - Integer overflow in the decode_digit function in puny_decode.c in Libidn2 before 2.0.4 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact. (CVE-2017-14062)

  - The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains an off-by-one error leading to a heap-based     buffer overflow in the glob function in glob.c, related to the processing of home directories using the ~     operator followed by a long string. (CVE-2017-15670)

  - The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.27 contains a buffer     overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator. (CVE-2017-15804)

  - elf/dl-load.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.19 through 2.26 mishandles RPATH and RUNPATH     containing $ORIGIN for a privileged (setuid or AT_SECURE) program, which allows local users to gain     privileges via a Trojan horse library in the current working directory, related to the fillin_rpath and     decompose_rpath functions. This is associated with misinterpretion of an empty RPATH/RUNPATH token as the     ./ directory. NOTE: this configuration of RPATH/RUNPATH for a privileged program is apparently very     uncommon; most likely, no such program is shipped with any common Linux distribution. (CVE-2017-16997)

  - The malloc function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.26 could return a memory block that is too     small if an attempt is made to allocate an object whose size is close to SIZE_MAX, potentially leading to     a subsequent heap overflow. This occurs because the per-thread cache (aka tcache) feature enables a code     path that lacks an integer overflow check. (CVE-2017-17426)

  - An SSE2-optimized memmove implementation for i386 in sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memcpy-sse2-unaligned.S     in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.21 through 2.27 does not correctly perform the overlapping     memory check if the source memory range spans the middle of the address space, resulting in corrupt data     being produced by the copy operation. This may disclose information to context-dependent attackers, or     result in a denial of service, or, possibly, code execution. (CVE-2017-18269)

  - In glibc 2.26 and earlier there is confusion in the usage of getcwd() by realpath() which can be used to     write before the destination buffer leading to a buffer underflow and potential code execution.
    (CVE-2018-1000001)

  - stdlib/canonicalize.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.27 and earlier, when processing very     long pathname arguments to the realpath function, could encounter an integer overflow on 32-bit     architectures, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow and, potentially, arbitrary code execution.
    (CVE-2018-11236)

  - An AVX-512-optimized implementation of the mempcpy function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.27     and earlier may write data beyond the target buffer, leading to a buffer overflow in
    __mempcpy_avx512_no_vzeroupper. (CVE-2018-11237)

  - 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. (CVE-2018-19591)

  - In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.29, proceed_next_node in posix/regexec.c has a heap-     based buffer over-read via an attempted case-insensitive regular-expression match. (CVE-2019-9169)

  - The GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.32 could overflow an on-stack buffer during range     reduction if an input to an 80-bit long double function contains a non-canonical bit pattern, a seen when     passing a 0x5d414141414141410000 value to sinl on x86 targets. This is related to     sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96/e_rem_pio2l.c. (CVE-2020-10029)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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.(CVE-2018-19591)

An update of the glibc package has been released.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4416-1 advisory.

    Florian Weimer discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote     attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or     possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-12133)

    It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain SSE2-optimized memmove operations. A     remote attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of     service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-18269)

    It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain pathname operations. A remote     attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or     possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-11236)

    It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain AVX-512-optimized mempcpy operations.
    A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of     service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-11237)

    It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain hostname loookups. A remote attacker     could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly     execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-19591)

    Jakub Wilk discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain memalign functions. A remote     attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or     possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-6485)

    It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly ignored the LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC environment     variable after security transitions. A local attacker could use this issue to bypass ASLR restrictions.
    (CVE-2019-19126)

    It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. A remote     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of     service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-9169)

    It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain bit patterns. A remote attacker could     use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute     arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-10029)

    It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain signal trampolines on PowerPC. A     remote attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of     service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-1751)

    It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled tilde expansion. A remote attacker could use     this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-1752)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update for the `glibc` package addresses one moderate security vulnerability and several defects.

  - 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.
    (RHBZ#1654000)

  - Failure to create the helper thread for     `getaddrinfo_a`/`libanl` could result in a crash.
    (RHBZ#1646381)

  - On certain Haswell-class Intel CPUs, string function     feature flags could be set incorrectly, leading to a     suboptimal choice of string functions. (RHBZ#1641980)

  - Parallel building of locales led to nondeterminism in     the RPM build process. (RHBZ#1652228)

  - Various minor bug fixes from the upstream 2.27 release     branch were imported as part of this update     ([swbz#17630](https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.c     gi?id=17630),     [swbz#22753](https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cg     i?id=22753),     [swbz#23275](https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cg     i?id=23275),     [swbz#23562](https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cg     i?id=23562),     [swbz#23579](https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cg     i?id=23579),     [swbz#23822](https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cg     i?id=23822)).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.06, has glibc packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - The mq_notify function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) versions 2.32 and 2.33 has a use-after-free. It     may use the notification thread attributes object (passed through its struct sigevent parameter) after it     has been freed by the caller, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified     other impact. (CVE-2021-33574)

  - elf/dl-load.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.19 through 2.26 mishandles RPATH and RUNPATH     containing $ORIGIN for a privileged (setuid or AT_SECURE) program, which allows local users to gain     privileges via a Trojan horse library in the current working directory, related to the fillin_rpath and     decompose_rpath functions. This is associated with misinterpretion of an empty RPATH/RUNPATH token as the     ./ directory. NOTE: this configuration of RPATH/RUNPATH for a privileged program is apparently very     uncommon; most likely, no such program is shipped with any common Linux distribution. (CVE-2017-16997)

  - The iconv program in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.31 and earlier, when invoked with multiple     suffixes in the destination encoding (TRANSLATE or IGNORE) along with the -c option, enters an infinite     loop when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2016-10228)

  - The idna_to_ascii_4i function in lib/idna.c in libidn before 1.33 allows context-dependent attackers to     cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via 64 bytes of input. (CVE-2016-6261)

  - The stringprep_utf8_nfkc_normalize function in lib/nfkc.c in libidn before 1.33 allows context-dependent     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via crafted UTF-8 data.
    (CVE-2016-6263)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update for the `glibc` package addresses one moderate security vulnerability and a minor defect :

  - 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.
    (RHBZ#1654000)

  - Parallel building of locales led to nondeterminism in     the RPM build process. (RHBZ#1652228)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.06 (SP), has glibc packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - The mq_notify function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) versions 2.32 and 2.33 has a use-after-free. It     may use the notification thread attributes object (passed through its struct sigevent parameter) after it     has been freed by the caller, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly unspecified     other impact. (CVE-2021-33574)

  - elf/dl-load.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.19 through 2.26 mishandles RPATH and RUNPATH     containing $ORIGIN for a privileged (setuid or AT_SECURE) program, which allows local users to gain     privileges via a Trojan horse library in the current working directory, related to the fillin_rpath and     decompose_rpath functions. This is associated with misinterpretion of an empty RPATH/RUNPATH token as the     ./ directory. NOTE: this configuration of RPATH/RUNPATH for a privileged program is apparently very     uncommon; most likely, no such program is shipped with any common Linux distribution. (CVE-2017-16997)

  - The iconv program in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.31 and earlier, when invoked with multiple     suffixes in the destination encoding (TRANSLATE or IGNORE) along with the -c option, enters an infinite     loop when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2016-10228)

  - The idna_to_ascii_4i function in lib/idna.c in libidn before 1.33 allows context-dependent attackers to     cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via 64 bytes of input. (CVE-2016-6261)

  - The stringprep_utf8_nfkc_normalize function in lib/nfkc.c in libidn before 1.33 allows context-dependent     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via crafted UTF-8 data.
    (CVE-2016-6263)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
504032	Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 Improper Input Validation (CVE-2018-19591)	Tenable OT Security	Tenable.ot	11/13/2025	3/5/2026	high
122831	GLSA-201903-09 : GNU C Library: Arbitrary descriptor allocation	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	3/14/2019	6/14/2024	high
127955	GLSA-201908-06 : glibc: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	8/20/2019	5/2/2024	high
147282	NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : glibc Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2021-0053)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	3/10/2021	5/10/2022	critical
121049	Amazon Linux 2 : glibc (ALAS-2019-1140)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	1/10/2019	6/27/2024	high
133298	Photon OS 1.0: Glibc PHSA-2019-1.0-0209	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	1/28/2020	3/28/2024	high
138166	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : GNU C Library vulnerabilities (USN-4416-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	7/7/2020	9/3/2025	critical
120212	Fedora 28 : glibc (2018-060302dc83)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/3/2019	7/9/2024	high
266254	NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.06 : glibc Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2025-0229)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	9/30/2025	9/30/2025	critical
120918	Fedora 29 : glibc (2018-f6b7df660d)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/3/2019	6/28/2024	high
122915	Photon OS 2.0: Glibc PHSA-2019-2.0-0134	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	3/18/2019	7/23/2024	high
301225	NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.06 (SP) : glibc Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2026-0027)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	3/6/2026	3/9/2026	critical

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