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CVE-2024-2961 Affecting glibc package, versions <0:2.28-251.0.2.el8_10.1

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-GLIBC-6828158
  • published 10 May 2024
  • disclosed 17 Apr 2024
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Introduced: 17 Apr 2024

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How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 glibc to version 0:2.28-251.0.2.el8_10.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-3269.

NVD Description

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

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CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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SUSE

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

8.8 high