Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting glibc package, versions *


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.05% (19th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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SUSE
3.3 low
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Red Hat
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-GLIBC-1035461
  • published 3 Nov 2020
  • disclosed 26 Feb 2021

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 glibc.

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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.32 and earlier, when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences in IBM1364, IBM1371, IBM1388, IBM1390, and IBM1399 encodings, fails to advance the input state, which could lead to an infinite loop in applications, resulting in a denial of service, a different vulnerability from CVE-2016-10228.