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RHSA-2026:19061

glibc security update

Released 2026-05-19 · Red Hat rating Moderate · View on Red Hat →

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Priority LOW 39

Calling gethostbyaddr or gethostbyaddr_r with a configured nsswitch.conf that specifies the library's DNS backend in the GNU C Library version 2.34 to version 2.43 could, with a crafted response from the configured DNS s…

CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.00345 Published 2026-03-20 Partial fix CWE-125
Priority LOW 24

Calling gethostbyaddr or gethostbyaddr_r with a configured nsswitch.conf that specifies the library's DNS backend in the GNU C library version 2.34 to version 2.43 could result in an invalid DNS hostname being returned t…

CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4 Adjacent network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.00314 Published 2026-03-20 Partial fix CWE-20