Use After Free Affecting glibc-langpack-wae package, versions <0:2.28-225.el8_8.6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-GLIBCLANGPACKWAE-5947311
  • published7 Oct 2023
  • disclosed12 Sept 2023

Introduced: 12 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-4813  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 glibc-langpack-wae to version 0:2.28-225.el8_8.6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2023:5455.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-langpack-wae package and not the glibc-langpack-wae package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux: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.

CVSS Scores

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