CVE-2021-43396 Affecting glibc package, versions <2.32-5


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-GLIBC-1911971
  • published5 Nov 2021
  • disclosed4 Nov 2021

Introduced: 4 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-43396  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable glibc to version 2.32-5 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

In iconvdata/iso-2022-jp-3.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.34, remote attackers can force iconv() to emit a spurious '\0' character via crafted ISO-2022-JP-3 data that is accompanied by an internal state reset. This may affect data integrity in certain iconv() use cases. NOTE: the vendor states "the bug cannot be invoked through user input and requires iconv to be invoked with a NULL inbuf, which ought to require a separate application bug to do so unintentionally. Hence there's no security impact to the bug.

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