Moderate: glibc security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-4806   CVE-2023-4813  

Synopsis

Moderate: glibc security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

An update for glibc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread libraries (libpthread), standard math libraries (libm), and the name service cache daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly.

Security Fix(es):

  • glibc: potential use-after-free in getaddrinfo() (CVE-2023-4806)
  • glibc: potential use-after-free in gaih_inet() (CVE-2023-4813)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

For the update to take effect, all services linked to the glibc library must be restarted, or the system rebooted.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Virtualization Host 4 for RHEL 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 aarch64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2237782 - CVE-2023-4806 glibc: potential use-after-free in getaddrinfo()
  • BZ - 2237798 - CVE-2023-4813 glibc: potential use-after-free in gaih_inet()