#VU50329 Out-of-bounds read in Glibc
Vulnerability identifier: #VU50329
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 2.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Glibc
Universal components / Libraries /
Libraries used by multiple products
Vendor: GNU
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in GNU C Library within the iconv feature when processing multi-byte input sequences in the EUC-KR encoding. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
Glibc: 0.1 - 5.3.12
External links
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4Y6TX47P47KABSFOL26FLDNVCWXDKDEZ/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TVCUNLQ3HXGS4VPUQKWTJGRAW2KTFGXS/
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24973
http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=ee7a3144c9922808181009b7b3e50e852fb4999b
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
