Out-of-bounds Write Affecting glibc-langpack-sid package, versions <0:2.34-100.el9_4.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS9-GLIBCLANGPACKSID-6624797
  • published 18 Apr 2024
  • disclosed 17 Apr 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:9 glibc-langpack-sid to version 0:2.34-100.el9_4.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-langpack-sid package and not the glibc-langpack-sid package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The iconv() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.39 and older may overflow the output buffer passed to it by up to 4 bytes when converting strings to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set, which may be used to crash an application or overwrite a neighbouring variable.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

8.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

8.2 high