Description
A flaw has been identified 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.
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| active-iq-unified-manager | — | — |
| enterprise-linux | — | — |
| enterprise-linux-eus | — | — |
| enterprise-linux-for-ibm-z-systems-eus-s390x | — | — |
| enterprise-linux-for-ibm-z-systems-s390x | — | — |
| enterprise-linux-for-power-little-endian | — | — |
| enterprise-linux-for-power-little-endian-eus | — | — |
| enterprise-linux-server-aus | — | — |
| enterprise-linux-server-tus | — | — |
| fedora | — | — |
| glibc | — | 2.36 |
| h300s-firmware | — | — |
| h410c-firmware | — | — |
| h410s-firmware | — | — |
| h500s-firmware | — | — |
| h700s-firmware | — | — |
References
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