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Mageia 9 Moderate: MGASA-2023-0281 Glibc Memory Leak Advisory

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Calendar Grey October 3, 2023
Dist Mageia Esm H88
The latest Mageia glibc updates resolve a vulnerability that poses a risk of memory leaks and potential application failures. Find out more.
The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: A flaw was found in the GNU C Library

Summary

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability:
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. (CVE-2023-5156)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32328

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5156

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5156

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Topics Covered

security advisory memory leak glibc application crash Mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/glibc-2.36-50.mga9

Severity
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Publication date: 03 Oct 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0281.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-5156

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Topics Covered

security advisory memory leak glibc application crash Mageia

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