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Red Hat: CVE-2020-27618: CVE-2020-27618 glibc: iconv when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences fails to advance the input state, which could result in an infinite loop (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-27618: CVE-2020-27618 glibc: iconv when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences fails to advance the input state, which could result in an infinite loop (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/26/2021
Created
05/21/2021
Added
05/21/2021
Modified
12/15/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-compat-libpthread-nonshared
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-all-langpacks
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-benchtests
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-common
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-debuginfo-common
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-headers
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-aa
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-af
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-agr
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-ak
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-am
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-an
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-anp
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-ar
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  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-ast
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-ayc
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-az
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  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-ber
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  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-bs
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-byn
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-ca
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-ce
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-chr
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-cmn
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-crh
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-cs
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-csb
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-cv
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-cy
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-da
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-de
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-doi
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  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-dv
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-dz
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-el
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  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-es
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-et
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-eu
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-fa
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-ff
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-fi
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-fil
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  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-lzh
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  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-mg
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-mhr
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  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-mk
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  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-ta
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  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-te
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-tg
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  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-tig
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-tk
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  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-tpi
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  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-yi
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-yo
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  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-yuw
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-zh
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-langpack-zu
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-locale-source
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-minimal-langpack
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-nss-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-static
  • redhat-upgrade-glibc-utils
  • redhat-upgrade-libnsl
  • redhat-upgrade-nscd
  • redhat-upgrade-nss_db
  • redhat-upgrade-nss_hesiod

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