Bug#914837: glibc: CVE-2018-19591: Linux if_nametoindex() does not close descriptor

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Source: glibc
Version: 2.27-8
Severity: important
Tags: patch security upstream
Forwarded: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23927

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for glibc.

CVE-2018-19591[0]:
Linux if_nametoindex() does not close descriptor

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19591
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19591
[1] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23927

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore