CVE-2023-5156 Glibc: dos due to memory leak in getaddrinfo.c

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Multiple CVEs Identified in Glibc's getaddrinfo Function Three vulnerabilities in Glibc's getaddrinfo function have been reported, affecting various systems. The vulnerabilities include a potential use-after-free (CVE-2023-4806), a stack read overflow (CVE-2023-4527), and a denial of service due to a memory leak (CVE-2023-5156). All vulnerabilities were disclosed on February 18, 2026. 3 sources 46