Important: glibc security update

2023-10-0622:57:06

Google

osv.dev

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

8.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.016 Low

EPSS

Percentile

87.2%

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The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread libraries (libpthread), standard math libraries (libm), and the name service cache daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly.

Security Fix(es):

glibc: buffer overflow in ld.so leading to privilege escalation (CVE-2023-4911)
glibc: Stack read overflow in getaddrinfo in no-aaaa mode (CVE-2023-4527)
glibc: potential use-after-free in getaddrinfo() (CVE-2023-4806)
glibc: potential use-after-free in gaih_inet() (CVE-2023-4813)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.