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

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...

RHEL 8 : glibc (RHSA-2023:7409)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7409 advisory. The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries libc, POSIX thread libraries libpthread, standard math libraries libm, and the name...

The vulnerability of the getaddrinfo function in the GNU C Library allows a perpetrator to gain access to confidential data, compromise its integrity, and cause service failure.

The vulnerability of the getaddrinfo function in the GNU C Library is related to insufficient validation of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker to access confidential data, compromise its integrity, and cause service failures...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for glibc (EulerOS-SA-2023-3212)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS 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...

F5 Networks BIG-IP : glibc vulnerability (K35040315)

The version of F5 Networks BIG-IP installed on the remote host is prior to 16.0.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the K35040315 advisory. - In the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 through 2.28, the getaddrinfo function would successfully parse a string that contain...

glibc security update

2.34-60.0.3.7 - CVE-2023-4527: Stack read overflow in getaddrinfo in no-aaa mode 2234716. - CVE-2203-4806: potential use-after-free in getaddrinfo. - CVE-2023-4813: potential use-after-free in gaihinet. Reviewed by: Jose E. Marchesi 2.34-60.0.3 - CVE-2023-4911: tunables: Terminate immediately if...

glibc security update

2.34-60.0.3.7 - CVE-2023-4527: Stack read overflow in getaddrinfo in no-aaa mode 2234716. - CVE-2203-4806: potential use-after-free in getaddrinfo. - CVE-2023-4813: potential use-after-free in gaihinet. Reviewed by: Jose E. Marchesi...

glibc security update

An update is available for glibc. This update affects Rocky Linux 8. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries libc, POSIX thread librarie...

Rocky Linux 8 : glibc (RLSA-2023:5455)

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2023:5455 advisory. - 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...

glibc: potential use-after-free in gaih_inet()

A flaw has been identified in glibc. In an uncommon situation, the gaihinet 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...

glibc: Stack read overflow in getaddrinfo in no-aaaa mode

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...

glibc: Stack read overflow in getaddrinfo in no-aaaa mode

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...

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

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...

glibc: potential use-after-free in gaih_inet()

A flaw has been identified in glibc. In an uncommon situation, the gaihinet 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...

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...