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CVE-2024-2961 Affecting glibc package, versions <2.36-9+deb12u6

low

Snyk CVSS

      Threat Intelligence

      EPSS 0.05% (15th 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-DEBIAN12-GLIBC-6617103
    • published 18 Apr 2024
    • disclosed 17 Apr 2024
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    Introduced: 17 Apr 2024

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    How to fix?

    Upgrade Debian:12 glibc to version 2.36-9+deb12u6 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 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.