CVE-2023-5156
CVSS 3.1 Score 7.5 of 10 (high)
Details
Published Sep 25, 2023
Updated: Feb 23, 2024
CWE ID 401
Summary
CVE-2023-5156 is a newly discovered vulnerability in the GNU C Library. The recent patch for CVE-2023-4806, intended to address a previous issue, unintentionally introduced a memory leak. This memory leak can potentially lead to application crashes, posing a risk to systems that have applied the patch. Users are advised to install the latest available version of the GNU C Library to mitigate this vulnerability.
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Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Affected Vendors
- Red Hat