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CVE-2023-4813

A flaw has been identified 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.

Severity
Medium 5.9
Published
12 Sept 2023
Last changed
30 Oct 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
2.36
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
GNU C LibraryServers and applications · cpe:a:gnu:glibc
  • Every version before 2.36

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4813
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4813