CVE-2023-4527
Published: 18 September 2023
A flaw was found in glibc. When the getaddrinfo function is called with the AF_UNSPEC address family and the system is configured with no-aaaa mode via /etc/resolv.conf, a DNS response via TCP larger than 2048 bytes can potentially disclose stack contents through the function returned address data, and may cause a crash.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | no-aaaa was introduced in 2.36 by: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=f282cdbe7f436c75864e5640a409a10485e9abb2 system needs to be configured in no-aaaa mode in resolv.conf |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
eglibc Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
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| focal |
Does not exist
|
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| jammy |
Does not exist
|
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| lunar |
Does not exist
|
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| mantic |
Does not exist
|
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| noble |
Does not exist
|
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| trusty |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
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| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
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glibc Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| lunar |
Released
(2.37-0ubuntu2.1)
|
|
| mantic |
Released
(2.38-1ubuntu5)
|
|
| noble |
Released
(2.38-1ubuntu5)
|
|
| trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
|
Patches: upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=4ea972b7edd7e36610e8cde18bf7a8149d7bac4f upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=b7529346025a130fee483d42178b5c118da971bb upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=b25508dd774b617f99419bdc3cf2ace4560cd2d6 |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 6.5 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H |