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CVE-2023-4813 MEDIUM

Published: 2023-09-12 | Last Modified: 2025-09-26 | Status: Modified

Description

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.

Additional Descriptions (1)

Se encontró una falla en glibc. En una situación poco común, la función gaih_inet puede utilizar memoria que se ha liberado, lo que provoca un bloqueo de la aplicación. Este problema solo se puede explotar cuando se llama a la función getaddrinfo y la base de datos de hosts en /etc/nsswitch.conf está configurada con SUCCESS=continue o SUCCESS=merge.

CVSS Metrics

Base Score: 5.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityHIGH
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
Confidentiality ImpactNONE
Integrity ImpactNONE
Availability ImpactHIGH

Source: [email protected]

Type: Primary

Exploitability Score: 2.2

Impact Score: 3.6

Weaknesses

Source Type Description
[email protected] Secondary
en CWE-416
[email protected] Primary
en CWE-416

Affected Products

Vendor Product Version Update Type
gnu glibc * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd340bfeb40> Application
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd340bfeb00> Operating System
redhat enterprise_linux 9.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd341754500> Operating System
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.8 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd386673a00> Operating System
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 9.2 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd340bfe900> Operating System
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus_s390x 9.2 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd340bfebc0> Operating System
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_s390x 9.2 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd370226780> Operating System
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian 9.2_ppc64le <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd370226700> Operating System
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus 9.2_ppc64le <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd370226a00> Operating System
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 9.2 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd340bfff80> Operating System
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 8.8 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd36b72ac80> Operating System
fedoraproject fedora 38 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd340bfd2c0> Operating System
netapp active_iq_unified_manager - <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd386688f00> Application
netapp h300s_firmware - <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd370346780> Operating System
netapp h500s_firmware - <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd370226280> Operating System
netapp h700s_firmware - <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd370345000> Operating System
netapp h410s_firmware - <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd340bfee00> Operating System
netapp h410c_firmware - <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd39c4012c0> Operating System

Affected Configurations

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus_s390x:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_s390x:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:9.2_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:9.2_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
No cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h300s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
No cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h500s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
No cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h700s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
No cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
No cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References