7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
39.3%
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.
Author | Note |
---|---|
ccdm94 | as of 2023-10-19, no releases are vulnerable to this CVE, as the fix for CVE-2023-4806 has not yet been applied to glibc in any of these releases. Whenever CVE-2023-4806 is patched, the patch for CVE-2023-5156 must be included as well in order to avoid regressions and the inclusion of a new vulnerability in glibc. the backports used to patch xenial, bionic and focal for CVE-2023-4806 do not introduce this vulnerability. |
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5156
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2023-5156
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5156
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5156
sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2023-September/151691.html
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6541-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6541-2
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5156
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
39.3%