Out-of-bounds Write Affecting glibc-langpack-crh package, versions <0:2.34-100.el9_4.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.07% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-GLIBCLANGPACKCRH-7880329
  • published3 Sept 2024
  • disclosed17 Apr 2024

Introduced: 17 Apr 2024

CVE-2024-2961  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 glibc-langpack-crh to version 0:2.34-100.el9_4.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:3339.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-langpack-crh package and not the glibc-langpack-crh package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 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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