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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-2961): GNU C Library vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-2961): GNU C Library vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/17/2024
Created
04/19/2024
Added
04/19/2024
Modified
04/30/2024

Description

The iconv() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.39 and older may overflow the output buffer passed to it by up to 4 bytes when converting strings to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set, which may be used to crash an application or overwrite a neighbouring variable.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libc6

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