CVE-2023-4813

Summary

CVECVE-2023-4813
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-09-12 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-10 18:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in glibc. In an uncommon situation, the gaih_inet function may use memory that has been freed, resulting in an application crash. This issue is only exploitable when the getaddrinfo function is called and the hosts database in /etc/nsswitch.conf is configured with SUCCESS=continue or SUCCESS=merge.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 38 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.8 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 9.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus S390x 9.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems S390x 9.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian 9.2_ppc64le All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus 9.2_ppc64le All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 9.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 8.8 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2023-4813 GNU C Library (glibc) Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security security.netapp.com
cve-details MISC access.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-2023-4806, CVE-2023-5156: glibc: potential use-after-free in getaddrinfo() MISC www.openwall.com
2237798 – (CVE-2023-4813) CVE-2023-4813 glibc: potential use-after-free in gaih_inet() MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160965 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for glibc (ELSA-2023-5455)
  • 160968 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for glibc (ELSA-2023-5453)
  • 160973 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for glibc (ELSA-2023-12872)
  • 160974 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for glibc (ELSA-2023-12873)
  • 199987 Ubuntu Security Notification for GNU C Library Vulnerabilities (USN-6541-1)
  • 242111 Red Hat Update for glibc (RHSA-2023:5453)
  • 242118 Red Hat Update for glibc (RHSA-2023:5455)
  • 242490 Red Hat Update for glibc (RHSA-2023:7409)
  • 356310 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for glibc : ALAS2023-2023-359
  • 378929 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for glibc (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0124)
  • 673448 EulerOS Security Update for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2024-1268)
  • 673461 EulerOS Security Update for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2023-3212)
  • 673463 EulerOS Security Update for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2024-1139)
  • 673505 EulerOS Security Update for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2023-3269)
  • 673617 EulerOS Security Update for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2023-3241)
  • 673645 EulerOS Security Update for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2023-3330)
  • 673703 EulerOS Security Update for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2023-3298)
  • 673927 EulerOS Security Update for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2023-3177)
  • 755072 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for glibc (SUSE-SU-2023:4047-1)
  • 755110 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for glibc (SUSE-SU-2023:4110-1)
  • 941278 AlmaLinux Security Update for glibc (ALSA-2023:5455)
  • 941283 AlmaLinux Security Update for glibc (ALSA-2023:5453)
  • 961035 Rocky Linux Security Update for glibc (RLSA-2023:5455)
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