CVE-2023-4813
A flaw has been identified in glibc.
Published Sep 12, 2023 · updated Oct 14, 2026 · Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Sep 12, 2023 · NIST NVD
Detected
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.
Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
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.
Affected
- cpe fedoraproject/fedora38
- cpe gnu/glibcversion unspecified
- cpe netapp/active iq unified managerversion unspecified
- cpe netapp/h300s firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe netapp/h500s firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe redhat/enterprise linux8.0
- cpe redhat/enterprise linux9.0
- cpe redhat/enterprise linux eus8.8
- cpe redhat/enterprise linux eus9.2
- cpe redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus s390x9.2
- cpe redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems s390x9.2
- cpe redhat/enterprise linux for power little endian9.2_ppc64le
- vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8version unspecified
- vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Supportversion unspecified
- vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9version unspecified
- vendor Red Hat Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8version unspecified
Sources
- CIRCL Vulnerability LookupCVE-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 conf
vulnerability.circl.lu - CVE.orgCVE-2023-4813
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSCVE-2023-4813
30-day exploitation probability 1.9%
first.org - NIST NVDCVE-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 conf
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