Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting glibc package, versions <0:2.28-151.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-GLIBC-2097747
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 9 Jul 2020
Introduced: 9 Jul 2020
CVE-2020-27618 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8
glibc
to version 0:2.28-151.el8 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc
package and not the glibc
package as distributed by Centos:8
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.32 and earlier, when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences in IBM1364, IBM1371, IBM1388, IBM1390, and IBM1399 encodings, fails to advance the input state, which could lead to an infinite loop in applications, resulting in a denial of service, a different vulnerability from CVE-2016-10228.