Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting glibc-minimal-langpack package, versions <2:2.28-151.0.1.ksplice2.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-GLIBCMINIMALLANGPACK-2582991
- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 26 Feb 2021
Introduced: 26 Feb 2021
CVE-2020-27618 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:8 glibc-minimal-langpack to version 2:2.28-151.0.1.ksplice2.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-9344.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-minimal-langpack package and not the glibc-minimal-langpack 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 (aka glibc or libc6) 2.32 and earlier, when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences in IBM1364, IBM1371, IBM1388, IBM1390, and IBM1399 encodings, fails to advance the input state, which could lead to an infinite loop in applications, resulting in a denial of service, a different vulnerability from CVE-2016-10228.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2020-27618.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-1585.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-9280.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-9344.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-07
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210401-0006/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19519#c21
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26224
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html