CVE-2023-4813

A

flaw has been identified in glibc. In an uncommon situation, the gaih_inet 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 SUCCESS=continue or SUCCESS=merge.

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus_s390x:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_s390x:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:9.2_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:9.2_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*

Configuration 5 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h300s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 6 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h500s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 7 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h700s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 8 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 9 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

26 Sep 2025, 12:15

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Summary (en) A flaw was found in glibc. In an uncommon situation, the gaih_inet 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 SUCCESS=continue or SUCCESS=merge. (en) A flaw has been identified in glibc. In an uncommon situation, the gaih_inet 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 SUCCESS=continue or SUCCESS=merge.

30 Apr 2025, 20:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:2413 -

21 Nov 2024, 08:36

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/8 -
  • () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231110-0003/ -
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5453 - Third Party Advisory () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5453 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5455 - Third Party Advisory () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5455 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7409 - Third Party Advisory () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7409 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4813 - Third Party Advisory () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4813 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2237798 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2237798 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

16 Sep 2024, 14:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/8', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'source': '[email protected]'}
  • {'url': 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231110-0003/', 'tags': ['Third Party Advisory'], 'source': '[email protected]'}