GHSA-QX6J-G797-JG9R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-09-13 00:30 – Updated: 2025-04-30 21:31
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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.

Severity ?
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-4813"
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    "nvd_published_at": "2023-09-12T22:15:08Z",
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  },
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  "id": "GHSA-qx6j-g797-jg9r",
  "modified": "2025-04-30T21:31:46Z",
  "published": "2023-09-13T00:30:18Z",
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      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:2413"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5453"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5455"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7409"
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      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4813"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231110-0003"
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      "type": "WEB",
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