Reachable Assertion Affecting glibc package, versions <2.31-0ubuntu9.7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-GLIBC-1048386
  • published5 Dec 2020
  • disclosed4 Dec 2020

Introduced: 4 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-29562  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 glibc to version 2.31-0ubuntu9.7 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:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.30 to 2.32, when converting UCS4 text containing an irreversible character, fails an assertion in the code path and aborts the program, potentially resulting in a denial of service.

CVSS Scores

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