UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5156

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5156

    Published: 25 Sept 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-5156

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5156, https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2023-September/151691.html, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5156, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6541-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6541-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5156

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: eglibc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.17-93ubuntu4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High
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