Improper Input Validation Affecting glibc package, versions <2.17-1
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0.31% (71st
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-GLIBC-525872
- published 5 Dec 2014
- disclosed 5 Dec 2014
How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 glibc to version 2.17-1 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.
iconvdata/ibm930.c in GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.16 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a multibyte character value of "0xffff" to the iconv function when converting IBM930 encoded data to UTF-8.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6656
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14134
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=6e230d11837f3ae7b375ea69d7905f0d18eb79e5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/29/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/02/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69472
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-6656
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2432-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e230d11837f3ae7b375ea69d7905f0d18eb79e5
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