CVE-2023-4813:
A flaw was found in glibc. In an uncommon situation, the gaih_inet function may use memory that...
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Root Cause Analysis
The vulnerability description and linked discussions clearly point to gaih_inet
as the function containing the use-after-free bug. The getaddrinfo
function is mentioned as the trigger for this vulnerability under specific system configurations. Although the direct patch content could not be analyzed, the provided URLs and their content give sufficient information to identify these functions. The file path for gaih_inet
is inferred from common glibc structure and the patch URL, but the exact path for getaddrinfo
is not available without inspecting the codebase or patch details.
Initially, I attempted to fetch the content of the Bugzilla and oss-security URLs to gather more context. Then, I tried to fetch the commit information using the patch URL found in the Bugzilla report. Since get_commit_infos
did not return data for the sourceware.org git link, I proceeded based on the textual information available in the fetched URL contents and the vulnerability description itself. The gaih_inet
function is explicitly named as containing the use-after-free. The getaddrinfo
function is named as the entry point that triggers the vulnerable condition in gaih_inet
.
Confidence for gaih_inet
is medium because while it's directly named, the patch wasn't analyzed. Confidence for getaddrinfo
is also medium as it's an essential part of the exploit chain but not the site of the UAF itself. The file path for gaih_inet
is an educated guess based on typical glibc structure (resolv/
for resolver functions) and the patch URL often containing path hints, though this specific URL did not directly show it. The file path for getaddrinfo
is marked unknown as it's a more generic API function and its location isn't immediately obvious without code browsing or patch details.