Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security update
The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread libraries (libpthread), standard math libraries (libm), and the name service cache daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly. Security Fix(es): * glibc: glibc: Incorrect DNS response parsing via crafted DNS server response (CVE-2026-4437) * glibc: glibc: Invalid DNS hostname returned via gethostbyaddr functions (CVE-2026-4438) * glibc: glibc: Denial of Service via iconv() function with specific character sets (CVE-2026-4046) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security update
Description
The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread libraries (libpthread), standard math libraries (libm), and the name service cache daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly. Security Fix(es): * glibc: glibc: Incorrect DNS response parsing via crafted DNS server response (CVE-2026-4437) * glibc: glibc: Invalid DNS hostname returned via gethostbyaddr functions (CVE-2026-4438) * glibc: glibc: Denial of Service via iconv() function with specific character sets (CVE-2026-4046) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected software
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:20597
- Cve Count
- 3
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-4437","CVE-2026-4438"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a160976e29bf47b50641d61
Added to database: 05/26/2026, 20:58:30 UTC
Last enriched: 07/14/2026, 11:09:55 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:59 UTC
Views: 159
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