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LIN1021-6516 : Security Advisory - glibc - CVE-2023-4813

Created: Sep 13, 2023    Updated: Feb 20, 2025
Resolved Date: Feb 20, 2025
Found In Version: 10.21.20.1
Fix Version: 10.21.20.24
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 21
Component/s: Userspace

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.

CREATE(Triage):(User=admin) CVE-2023-4813 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4813)

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