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Status published
High
CVE-2023-5156
Glibc: dos due to memory leak in getaddrinfo.c
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Red Hat would like to thank Romain Geissler for reporting this issue.
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Affected Vendor
Red Hat
View all reports →Affected Software
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 25th, 2023
Last Modified:
December 18th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H