glibc: CVE-2023-5156: Memory leak in getaddrinfo after fix for CVE-2023-4806

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glibc: CVE-2023-5156: Memory leak in getaddrinfo after fix for CVE-2023-4806

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From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: glibc: CVE-2023-5156: Memory leak in getaddrinfo after fix for CVE-2023-4806

Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 21:51:18 +0200

Source: glibc
Version: 2.37-10
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30884
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil@debian.org, Debian Security Team <team@security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for glibc.

Filling mainly for tracking of the issue.

CVE-2023-5156[0]:
| 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.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5156
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5156
[1] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30884

Regards,
Salvatore

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