CVE-2023-4813
Published: Sep 12, 2023
Modified: Nov 11, 2025
CVSS v3.1
5.9
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | unaffected 0:2.28-225.el8_8.6 - < * |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | unaffected 0:2.28-225.el8_8.6 - < * |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support | unaffected 0:2.28-189.8.el8_6 - < * |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unaffected 0:2.34-100.el9 - < * |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unaffected 0:2.34-60.el9_2.7 - < * |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unaffected 0:2.34-100.el9 - < * |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unaffected 0:2.34-60.el9_2.7 - < * |
Red Hat | Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | unaffected 0:2.28-189.8.el8_6 - < * |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | All versions |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | All versions |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | All versions |
Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | All versions |
Weaknesses (CWE)
CVSS v3.1 Details
CVSS v3.1 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
References
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