Use After Free Affecting glibc package, versions <0:2.28-225.el8_8.6
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-GLIBC-5899062
- published 13 Sep 2023
- disclosed 1 Mar 2022
Introduced: 1 Mar 2022
CVE-2023-4813 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8
glibc
to version 0:2.28-225.el8_8.6 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc
package and not the glibc
package as distributed by Centos
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.