Improper Input Validation Affecting glibc-info package, versions <2.26-13.62.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.11% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-GLIBCINFO-2652924
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed1 Dec 2021

Introduced: 1 Dec 2021

CVE-2016-10228  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 glibc-info to version 2.26-13.62.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

The iconv program in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.31 and earlier, when invoked with multiple suffixes in the destination encoding (TRANSLATE or IGNORE) along with the -c option, enters an infinite loop when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences, leading to a denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

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