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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-29562: glibc: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-29562: glibc: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/04/2020
Created
01/25/2021
Added
01/25/2021
Modified
01/25/2021

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-libs-glibc

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