Improper Input Validation Affecting glibc package, versions <2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.77% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-GLIBC-356372
  • published2 Mar 2017
  • disclosed2 Mar 2017

Introduced: 2 Mar 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 glibc to version 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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.

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