Important: glibc security update

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 Fixes: glibc:...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : GNU C Library vulnerabilities (USN-6409-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6409-1 advisory. It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled the GLIBCTUNABLES environment variable. An attacker could possibly use this issue to...

OESA-2023-1688 glibc security update

The GNU C Library project provides the core libraries for the GNU system and GNU/Linux systems, as well as many other systems that use Linux as the kernel. These libraries provide critical APIs including ISO C11, POSIX.1-2008, BSD, OS-specific APIs and more. These APIs include such foundational...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2023-0270)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Updated glibc packages fix security and other bugs

getaddrinfo: Fix use after free in getcanonname CVE-2023-4806 Stack read overflow with large TCP responses in no-aaaa mode CVE-2023-4527 elf: Introduce to dlcallfini elf: Do not run constructors for proxy objects elf: Always call destructors in reverse constructor order BZ 30785 elf: Remove unuse...

CVE-2023-5156 Glibc: dos due to memory leak in getaddrinfo.c

A flaw was found in the GNU C Library. A recent fix for CVE-2023-4806 introduced the potential for a memory leak, which may result in an application crash...

Glibc: potential use-after-free in getaddrinfo()

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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4806

A flaw has been identified in glibc. In an extremely rare situation, the getaddrinfo function may access memory that has been freed, resulting in an application crash. This issue is only exploitable when a NSS module implements only the nssgethostbyname2r and nssgetcanonnamer hooks without...

AZL-34738 CVE-2023-4806 affecting package glibc for versions less than 2.38-11

A flaw has been identified in glibc. In an extremely rare situation, the getaddrinfo function may access memory that has been freed, resulting in an application crash. This issue is only exploitable when a NSS module implements only the nssgethostbyname2r and nssgetcanonnamer hooks without...

CVE-2023-4527

A flaw was found in glibc. When the getaddrinfo function is called with the AFUNSPEC address family and the system is configured with no-aaaa mode via /etc/resolv.conf, a DNS response via TCP larger than 2048 bytes can potentially disclose stack contents through the function returned address data...

CVE-2023-4806

A flaw has been identified in glibc. In an extremely rare situation, the getaddrinfo function may access memory that has been freed, resulting in an application crash. This issue is only exploitable when a NSS module implements only the nssgethostbyname2r and nssgetcanonnamer hooks without...

AZL-29954 CVE-2023-4806 affecting package glibc for versions less than 2.35-6

A flaw has been identified in glibc. In an extremely rare situation, the getaddrinfo function may access memory that has been freed, resulting in an application crash. This issue is only exploitable when a NSS module implements only the nssgethostbyname2r and nssgetcanonnamer hooks without...

AZL-34732 CVE-2023-4527 affecting package glibc for versions less than 2.38-11

A flaw was found in glibc. When the getaddrinfo function is called with the AFUNSPEC address family and the system is configured with no-aaaa mode via /etc/resolv.conf, a DNS response via TCP larger than 2048 bytes can potentially disclose stack contents through the function returned address data...

CVE-2023-4806

A flaw has been identified in glibc. In an extremely rare situation, the getaddrinfo function may access memory that has been freed, resulting in an application crash. This issue is only exploitable when a NSS module implements only the nssgethostbyname2r and nssgetcanonnamer hooks without...

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4527

A flaw was found in glibc. When the getaddrinfo function is called with the AFUNSPEC address family and the system is configured with no-aaaa mode via /etc/resolv.conf, a DNS response via TCP larger than 2048 bytes can potentially disclose stack contents through the function returned address data...

CVE-2023-4527

A flaw was found in glibc. When the getaddrinfo function is called with the AFUNSPEC address family and the system is configured with no-aaaa mode via /etc/resolv.conf, a DNS response via TCP larger than 2048 bytes can potentially disclose stack contents through the function returned address data...

CVE-2023-4806

A flaw has been identified in glibc. In an extremely rare situation, the getaddrinfo function may access memory that has been freed, resulting in an application crash. This issue is only exploitable when a NSS module implements only the nssgethostbyname2r and nssgetcanonnamer hooks without...

CVE-2023-4527

A flaw was found in glibc. When the getaddrinfo function is called with the AFUNSPEC address family and the system is configured with no-aaaa mode via /etc/resolv.conf, a DNS response via TCP larger than 2048 bytes can potentially disclose stack contents through the function returned address data...

Design/Logic Flaw

A flaw was found in glibc. In an extremely rare situation, the getaddrinfo function may access memory that has been freed, resulting in an application crash. This issue is only exploitable when a NSS module implements only the nssgethostbyname2r and nssgetcanonnamer hooks without implementing the...

Design/Logic Flaw

A flaw was found in glibc. When the getaddrinfo function is called with the AFUNSPEC address family and the system is configured with no-aaaa mode via /etc/resolv.conf, a DNS response via TCP larger than 2048 bytes can potentially disclose stack contents through the function returned address data...