Out-of-bounds Write Affecting glibc-common package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.05% (15th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS6-GLIBCCOMMON-6643525
- published 18 Apr 2024
- disclosed 17 Apr 2024
Introduced: 17 Apr 2024
New CVE-2024-2961 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:6
glibc-common
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc-common
package and not the glibc-common
package as distributed by Centos
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:6
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2961
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0004
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3I4KYS6EU6S7QZ47WFNTPVAHFIUQNEL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YAMJQI3Y6BHWV3CUTYBXOZONCUJNOB2Z/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BTJFBGHDYG5PEIFD5WSSSKSFZ2AZWC5N/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/24/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/17/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/18/4