CVE-2023-5156

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-5156
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-09-25 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-02-02 04:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in the GNU C Library. A recent fix for CVE-2023-4806 introduced the potential for a memory leak, which may result in an application crash.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-401

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE-2023-4806, CVE-2023-5156: glibc: potential use-after-free in getaddrinfo() MISC www.openwall.com
30884 – (CVE-2023-5156) Memory leak in getaddrinfo after fix for bug 30843 (CVE-2023-5156) MISC sourceware.org
oss-security - Re: CVE-2023-4806, CVE-2023-5156: glibc: potential use-after-free in getaddrinfo() MISC www.openwall.com
2240541 – (CVE-2023-5156) CVE-2023-5156 glibc: DoS due to memory leak in getaddrinfo.c MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-2023-4806, CVE-2023-5156: glibc: potential use-after-free in getaddrinfo() MISC www.openwall.com
cve-details MISC access.redhat.com
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commitdiff MISC sourceware.org
oss-security - Re: CVE-2023-4806, CVE-2023-5156: glibc: potential use-after-free in getaddrinfo() MISC www.openwall.com
glibc: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202402-01) — Gentoo security security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199987 Ubuntu Security Notification for GNU C Library Vulnerabilities (USN-6541-1)
  • 356620 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for glibc : ALAS2023-2023-407
  • 6140073 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for glibc (GHSA-2pcj-27vj-vvpj)
  • 673448 EulerOS Security Update for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2024-1268)
  • 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)
  • 710851 Gentoo Linux glibc Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202402-01)
  • 907531 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for glibc (30046-1)
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