Reachable Assertion Affecting glibc-langpack-el package, versions <0:2.26-41.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-GLIBCLANGPACKEL-1696017
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed4 Dec 2020

Introduced: 4 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-29562  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 glibc-langpack-el to version 0:2.26-41.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2021-1605.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-langpack-el package and not the glibc-langpack-el package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.30 to 2.32, when converting UCS4 text containing an irreversible character, fails an assertion in the code path and aborts the program, potentially resulting in a denial of service.

CVSS Scores

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