DEBIAN-CVE-2026-4438
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 to the caller in violation of the DNS specification.
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-4438
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-4438
glibc
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- 2.36-9
Source reference:
/affected/0/versions2.36-9+deb12u1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions2.36-9+deb12u10Source reference:
/affected/0/versions2.36-9+deb12u11Source reference:
/affected/0/versions2.36-9+deb12u12Source reference:
/affected/0/versions2.36-9+deb12u13Source reference:
/affected/0/versions2.36-9+deb12u2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions2.36-9+deb12u3Source reference:
/affected/0/versions2.36-9+deb12u4Source reference:
/affected/0/versions2.36-9+deb12u5Source reference:
/affected/0/versions2.36-9+deb12u6Source reference:
/affected/0/versions2.36-9+deb12u7Source reference:
/affected/0/versions2.36-9+deb12u8Source reference:
/affected/0/versions2.36-9+deb12u9Source reference:
/affected/0/versions - Fixed versions
- 2.36-9+deb12u14
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
glibc
Source reference: /affected/1/package/name
- Affected versions
- 2.41-12
Source reference:
/affected/1/versions2.41-12+deb13u1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions2.41-12+deb13u2Source reference:
/affected/1/versions - Fixed versions
- 2.41-12+deb13u3
Source reference:
/affected/1/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
glibc
Source reference: /affected/2/package/name
- Affected versions
- 2.41-12
Source reference:
/affected/2/versions2.41-13~hurd.0Source reference:
/affected/2/versions2.41-13~hurd.1Source reference:
/affected/2/versions2.42-1Source reference:
/affected/2/versions2.42-10Source reference:
/affected/2/versions2.42-11Source reference:
/affected/2/versions2.42-12Source reference:
/affected/2/versions2.42-12~hurd.1Source reference:
/affected/2/versions2.42-13Source reference:
/affected/2/versions2.42-14~hurd.1Source reference:
/affected/2/versions2.42-2Source reference:
/affected/2/versions2.42-3Source reference:
/affected/2/versions2.42-4Source reference:
/affected/2/versions2.42-5Source reference:
/affected/2/versions2.42-6Source reference:
/affected/2/versions2.42-7Source reference:
/affected/2/versions2.42-8Source reference:
/affected/2/versions2.42-8~hurd.1Source reference:
/affected/2/versions2.42-8~hurd.2Source reference:
/affected/2/versions2.42-9Source reference:
/affected/2/versions - Fixed versions
- 2.42-14
Source reference:
/affected/2/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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}
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}
}
]Publisher severity
No explicit severity was provided.
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