Memory leak in GNU C Library

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU81448

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5156

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak caused by an incorrect fix for #VU81447 (CVE-2023-4806). A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Glibc: All versions

External links

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240541
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=ec6b95c3303c700eb89eebeda2d7264cc184a796
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30884
http://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5156

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.