Improper Input Validation Affecting glibc-langpack-ne package, versions <0:2.26-41.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.77% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-GLIBCLANGPACKNE-1694923
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed2 Mar 2017

Introduced: 2 Mar 2017

CVE-2016-10228  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 glibc-langpack-ne 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-ne package and not the glibc-langpack-ne package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

The iconv program in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.31 and earlier, when invoked with multiple suffixes in the destination encoding (TRANSLATE or IGNORE) along with the -c option, enters an infinite loop when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences, leading to a denial of service.

CVSS Scores

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