Out-of-bounds Read Affecting glibc-langpack-the package, versions <0:2.26-41.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.71% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-GLIBCLANGPACKTHE-1695395
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed4 Jan 2021

Introduced: 4 Jan 2021

CVE-2019-25013  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

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

The iconv feature in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.32, when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences in the EUC-KR encoding, may have a buffer over-read.

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