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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-3326): GNU C Library vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-3326): GNU C Library vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/27/2021
Created
03/16/2022
Added
03/02/2022
Modified
05/01/2023

Description

The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.32 and earlier, when processing invalid input sequences in the ISO-2022-JP-3 encoding, fails an assertion in the code path and aborts the program, potentially resulting in a denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libc6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ubuntu

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