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Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting glibc package, versions <0:2.28-151.el8

medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.67% (77th percentile)
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NVD
5.9 medium
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SUSE
3.3 low
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-GLIBC-2098195
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 25 Jan 2017
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Introduced: 25 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-10228 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-835 Open this link in a new tab

How 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 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.