vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-12132): GNU C Library vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Aug 1, 2017 | Dec 9, 2022 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Aug 1, 2017
Added
Dec 9, 2022
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
Jan Engelhardt, Tavis Ormandy, and others discovered that the GNU C Library
iconv feature incorrectly handled certain input sequences. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to hang or crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-10228, CVE-2019-25013,
CVE-2020-27618)
It was discovered that the GNU C Library did not properly handled DNS
responses when ENDS0 is enabled. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause fragmentation-based attacks. (CVE-2017-12132)
Solution
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libc6
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