CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-5156
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-09-25
- Last modified
- 2026-10-14
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-401
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• gnu glibc (>= 2.34 < 2.39)
• redhat enterprise linux 8.0
• redhat enterprise linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5156 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240541 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30884 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=ec6b95c3303c700eb89eebeda2d7264cc184a796 Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/4 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/5 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/6 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/8 www.openwall.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5156 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240541 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-01 security.gentoo.org
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30884 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=ec6b95c3303c700eb89eebeda2d7264cc184a796 Mailing List, Patch
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html cert-portal.siemens.com
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html cert-portal.siemens.com