Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting glibc-i18ndata package, versions <2.26-13.56.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-GLIBCI18NDATA-2687819
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed26 Feb 2021

Introduced: 26 Feb 2021

CVE-2020-27618  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 glibc-i18ndata to version 2.26-13.56.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-i18ndata package and not the glibc-i18ndata package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 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.

CVSS Scores

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