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Oracle Linux: CVE-2023-4813: ELSA-2023-5453: glibc security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2023-4813: ELSA-2023-5453: glibc security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
03/01/2022
Created
10/11/2023
Added
10/10/2023
Modified
08/06/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

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