Servers and applications
CVE-2023-4806
A flaw has been identified in glibc. In an extremely rare situation, the getaddrinfo function may access memory that has been freed, resulting in an application crash. This issue is only exploitable when a NSS module implements only the _nss_*_gethostbyname2_r and _nss_*_getcanonname_r hooks without implementing the _nss_*_gethostbyname3_r hook. The resolved name should return a large number of…
- Severity
- Medium 5.9
- Published
- 18 Sept 2023
- Last changed
- 14 Jul 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 1 Nov 2026
- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
GNU C LibraryServers and applications · cpe:a:gnu:glibc |
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