Reachable Assertion Affecting glibc package, versions <2.31-7
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0.25% (66th
percentile)
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- published 4 Dec 2020
- disclosed 4 Dec 2020
Introduced: 4 Dec 2020
CVE-2020-29562 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 glibc to version 2.31-7 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 Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.30 to 2.32, when converting UCS4 text containing an irreversible character, fails an assertion in the code path and aborts the program, potentially resulting in a denial of service.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-29562
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0004/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TVCUNLQ3HXGS4VPUQKWTJGRAW2KTFGXS/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-20
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26923
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772@%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TVCUNLQ3HXGS4VPUQKWTJGRAW2KTFGXS/
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