CVE-2020-29562

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Glibc
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 December 2020

Summary

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.

References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26923
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann...
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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0004/
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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