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F5 Networks: CVE-2016-10228: K52494142: GNU C Library (glibc) vulnerability CVE-2016-10228

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F5 Networks: CVE-2016-10228: K52494142: GNU C Library (glibc) vulnerability CVE-2016-10228

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/02/2017
Created
02/19/2022
Added
02/18/2022
Modified
12/06/2024

Description

The iconv program in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.31 and earlier, when invoked with multiple suffixes in the destination encoding (TRANSLATE or IGNORE) along with the -c option, enters an infinite loop when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences, leading to a denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

References

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