vulnerability
Alma Linux: CVE-2020-27618: Moderate: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-1585)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 26, 2021 | May 4, 2022 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 26, 2021
Added
May 4, 2022
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.32 and earlier, when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences in IBM1364, IBM1371, IBM1388, IBM1390, and IBM1399 encodings, fails to advance the input state, which could lead to an infinite loop in applications, resulting in a denial of service, a different vulnerability from CVE-2016-10228.
Solutions
alma-upgrade-glibc-benchtestsalma-upgrade-glibc-nss-develalma-upgrade-glibc-staticalma-upgrade-nss_hesiod
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