CVE-2019-9169
glibcVulnerabilityCVSS 9.8PatchedPoC
A public proof-of-concept or exploit code is available, raising the risk of active exploitation. A fixed version is available (see the table below).
Recommended action: Update to the fixed version listed for your distribution using the native package manager.
Severity metrics
CVSS 3.1 : 9.8 CRITICAL · CVSS 2.0 : 7.5 HIGH
Attack vectorNetwork (remote)
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
ScopeUnchanged
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected & fixed versions by distribution
Versions are the native distribution strings (backport-aware): RHEL/Debian/SUSE backport fixes, so compare with the distro version comparator (dpkg / rpm / vercmp), not the upstream version.
| Distribution | Package | Affected | Fixed version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch | glibc | 2.29-4 | 2.30-1 | fixed |
| Debian:11 | glibc | - | 2.28-9 | fixed |
| Debian:12 | glibc | - | 2.28-9 | fixed |
| Debian:13 | glibc | - | 2.28-9 | fixed |
| Debian:14 | glibc | - | 2.28-9 | fixed |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | glibc | - | 2.23-0ubuntu11.2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | glibc | - | 2.27-3ubuntu1.2 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | glibc | - | 2.22-100.8.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 | glibc | - | 2.22-100.8.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | glibc | - | 2.22-100.8.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | glibc | - | 2.22-100.8.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | glibc | - | 2.11.3-17.110.33.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | glibc | - | 2.11.3-17.110.33.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | glibc | - | 2.26-13.24.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | glibc | - | 2.26-13.24.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 | glibc | - | 2.26-13.24.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 | glibc | - | 2.26-13.24.1 | fixed |
| SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7 | glibc | - | 2.22-62.22.5 | fixed |
| SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 8 | glibc | - | 2.22-62.22.5 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | glibc | - | 2.22-62.22.5 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | glibc | - | 2.22-62.22.5 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | glibc | - | 2.22-62.22.5 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | glibc | - | 2.22-62.22.5 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | glibc | - | 2.22-62.22.5 | fixed |
| SUSE:Enterprise Storage 4 | glibc | - | 2.22-62.22.5 | fixed |
| SUSE:Enterprise Storage 5 | glibc | - | 2.22-62.22.5 | fixed |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | glibc | - | 2.22-62.22.5 | fixed |
| SUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | glibc | - | 2.22-62.22.5 | fixed |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | glibc | - | 2.22-62.22.5 | fixed |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | glibc | - | 2.34-1.2 | fixed |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos | glibc | - | 0:2.28-151.el8 | fixed |