USN-4218-1

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    USN-4218-1

    Published: 10 Dec 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: eglibc vulnerability

    Details: Jakub Wilk discovered that GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain memory alignments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4218-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6485

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: eglibc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1

    Affected versions

    2.17-93ubuntu4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
    None
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    High