CVE-2024-2961 Affecting glibc-langpack-ko package, versions <0:2.28-236.el8_9.13


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-GLIBCLANGPACKKO-6828625
  • published10 May 2024
  • disclosed17 Apr 2024

Introduced: 17 Apr 2024

CVE-2024-2961  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 glibc-langpack-ko to version 0:2.28-236.el8_9.13 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:2722.

NVD Description

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