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CVE-2023-4806
medium
CVSS 5.9
Use-After-Free in gnu (CVE-2023-4806)
Summary
vulnerability in gnu (CVE-2023-4806). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2023-4806** has been found in gnu.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "gnu CVE-2023-4806" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2023-4806 (gnu) — CWE-416 / CVSS v3 5.9
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**use-after-free** (CWE-416) exists in gnu.
📍 Affected scope
gnu — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.9/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'gnu' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'gnu' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `gnu` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:2413
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5453
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5455
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7409
- web https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4806
- web https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2237782
- web http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/4
- web http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/5
- web http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/6
- web http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/8
- web af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- web af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- web af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- web https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-03
- web af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- web https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- web https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html
- web https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4806
- web https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4DBUQRRPB47TC3NJOUIBVWUGFHBJAFDL
- web https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DFG4P76UHHZEWQ26FWBXG76N2QLKKPZA
- web https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NDAQWHTSVOCOZ5K6KPIWKRT3JX4RTZUR
- web https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0008
- web https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5f52-v49r-796w