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CVE-2023-5156

Glibc: dos due to memory leak in getaddrinfo.c

Published: Sep 25, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDU csafCWE-401
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.3%
Top 32.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in the additional GNU/Linux subsystem of the firmware version >= V3.1.0 and < V3.1.5 for the SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518(F)-4 PN/DP MFP (incl. SIPLUS variant). These GNU/Linux vulnerabilities have been externally identified. Siemens has released new versions for the affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions. Note: This SSA advises vulnerabilities for firmware version V3.1 only; for versions < V3.1 refer to Siemens Security Bulletin SSB-439005 ( https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssb-439005.html).

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-401

Affected Products

glibcgnuOSS Libraries
enterprise linuxredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Special Edition для «Эльбрус»ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
glibcThe GNU Project
On-premLibrary
Operating Systems / linux-distro
gnuoss-projectUSOSS Librariesaka g. nu
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
the gnu projectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka gnu
and 5 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-398330.json
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2023/icsa-23-348-10.json
raw.githubusercontent.com
and 21 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Sep 25, 2023
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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