Out-of-bounds Read Affecting glibc-minimal-langpack package, versions <0:2.26-41.amzn2


high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 2.04% (89th percentile)
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NVD
5.9 medium
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SUSE
5.3 medium
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Red Hat
4.8 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-GLIBCMINIMALLANGPACK-1695388
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 4 Jan 2021

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 glibc-minimal-langpack to version 0:2.26-41.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2021-1605.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-minimal-langpack package and not the glibc-minimal-langpack package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

The iconv feature in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.32, when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences in the EUC-KR encoding, may have a buffer over-read.

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