CVE-2023-4806 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2023-4806: A flaw has been identified 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

Affects 2 Linux releases across 2 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2023-4806 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

glibc→ fixed in2.36-9+deb12u3urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glibc
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

glibc→ fixed in2.37-10urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glibc
```

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