The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2023:5455 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in glibc. When the getaddrinfo function is called with the AF_UNSPEC address family and     the system is configured with no-aaaa mode via /etc/resolv.conf, a DNS response via TCP larger than 2048     bytes can potentially disclose stack contents through the function returned address data, and may cause a     crash. (CVE-2023-4527)

  - A flaw was found in glibc. In an extremely rare situation, the getaddrinfo function may access memory that     has been freed, resulting in an application crash. This issue is only exploitable when a NSS module     implements only the _nss_*_gethostbyname2_r and _nss_*_getcanonname_r hooks without implementing the
    _nss_*_gethostbyname3_r hook. The resolved name should return a large number of IPv6 and IPv4, and the     call to the getaddrinfo function should have the AF_INET6 address family with AI_CANONNAME, AI_ALL and     AI_V4MAPPED as flags. (CVE-2023-4806)

  - A flaw was found in glibc. In an uncommon situation, the gaih_inet function may use memory that has been     freed, resulting in an application crash. This issue is only exploitable when the getaddrinfo function is     called and the hosts database in /etc/nsswitch.conf is configured with SUCCESS=continue or SUCCESS=merge.
    (CVE-2023-4813)

  - A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld.so while processing the     GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. This issue could allow a local attacker to use maliciously crafted     GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID permission to execute code with     elevated privileges. (CVE-2023-4911)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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CentOS 8 : glibc (CESA-2023:5455)

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Version 1.1 Feb 9, 2024, 3:00 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploit framework core" set to "True". "Exploit framework metasploit" set to "True". "Exploited by malware" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202402091500
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