CVE-2023-5156 - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Gnu	Glibc
Redhat	Enterprise Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

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

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5156
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240541
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5156
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30884
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=ec6b95c3303c700eb89eebeda2d7264cc184a796
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5156

History

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 03:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/6 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/8 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-01

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2023-09-25T15:55:15.558Z

Updated: 2024-09-14T03:00:13.858Z

Reserved: 2023-09-25T07:15:13.621Z

Link: CVE-2023-5156

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-25T16:15:15.613

Modified: 2024-09-14T03:15:02.617

Link: CVE-2023-5156

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-09-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-5156 - Bugzilla

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