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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-29562: Security patch for glibc (ALAS-2021-1605)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-29562: Security patch for glibc (ALAS-2021-1605)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/04/2020
Created
02/23/2021
Added
02/22/2021
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.30 to 2.32, when converting UCS4 text containing an irreversible character, fails an assertion in the code path and aborts the program, potentially resulting in a denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-all-langpacks
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-benchtests
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-common
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-debuginfo-common
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-headers
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-aa
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-af
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-ak
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-am
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-an
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-anp
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-ar
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-as
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-ast
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-ayc
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-az
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-be
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-bem
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-ber
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-bg
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-bhb
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  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-bs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-byn
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-ca
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-ce
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-chr
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-cmn
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-crh
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-cs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-csb
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-cv
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  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-langpack-zu
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-locale-source
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-minimal-langpack
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-nss-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-static
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-glibc-utils
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libcrypt
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libcrypt-nss
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-nscd
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-nss_db
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-nss_hesiod
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-nss_nis

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