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CVE-2023-5156

Date: September 25, 2023

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (11)

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/6

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/4

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5156

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/5

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/8

Url: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=ec6b95c3303c700eb89eebeda2d7264cc184a796

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240541

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-01

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5156

Url: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30884

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-5156

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CWE-401

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

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