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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-10228): GNU C Library vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-10228): GNU C Library vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/01/2017
Created
03/16/2022
Added
03/02/2022
Modified
05/01/2023

Description

The iconv program in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.31 and earlier, when invoked with multiple suffixes in the destination encoding (TRANSLATE or IGNORE) along with the -c option, enters an infinite loop when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences, leading to a denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libc6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ubuntu

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