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Out-of-bounds Write Affecting glibc-minimal-langpack package, versions <0:2.26-64.amzn2.0.1

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (13th percentile)
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SUSE
8.2 high
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Red Hat
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-GLIBCMINIMALLANGPACK-6745170
  • published 1 May 2024
  • disclosed 17 Apr 2024
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Introduced: 17 Apr 2024

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CWE-787 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 glibc-minimal-langpack to version 0:2.26-64.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2521.

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() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.39 and older may overflow the output buffer passed to it by up to 4 bytes when converting strings to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set, which may be used to crash an application or overwrite a neighbouring variable.