CVE-2023-4813

CVE Details

Release Date:

2022-03-01

Description

A 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.

See more information about CVE-2023-4813 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.9	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 8 (glibc)	ELSA-2023-12872	2023-10-12
Oracle Linux version 8 (glibc)	ELSA-2023-5455	2023-10-10
Oracle Linux version 9 (glibc)	ELSA-2023-12873	2023-10-12
Oracle Linux version 9 (glibc)	ELSA-2023-5453	2023-10-10

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