CVE-2023-5156
Glibc: dos due to memory leak in getaddrinfo.c
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Sep 25, 2023
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 25, 2023
Description
A 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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5156vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2240541issue-tracking
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30884
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=ec6b95c3303c700eb89eebeda2d7264cc184a796
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/8
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-01
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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