Out-of-Bounds Affecting glibc-utils package, versions <0:2.28-151.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    2.04% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-GLIBCUTILS-2095073
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 6 Sep 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 glibc-utils to version 0:2.28-151.el8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-utils package and not the glibc-utils package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 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.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.9 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

4.8 medium
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SUSE

5.3 medium