Vulnerability CVE-2016-10228: Information

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.

Severity: MEDIUM (5.9) Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Published: March 2, 2017
Modified: Nov. 7, 2023
Error type identifier: CWE-20

Fixed packages

Package name
Branch
Fixed in version
Version from repository
Errata ID
Task #
State
glibcsisyphus2.26.0.124.98f244e-alt12.38.0.66.ge1135387de-alt1ALT-PU-2017-2833-1197446Fixed
glibcsisyphus_e2k2.35.0.234.3f63f9dfe1-alt1.E2K.27.020.22.35.0.234.3f63f9dfe1-alt1.E2K.27.020.4ALT-PU-2024-1492-1-Fixed
glibcp102.26.0.124.98f244e-alt12.32-alt5.p10.2ALT-PU-2017-2833-1197446Fixed
glibcp92.27-alt142.27-alt14ALT-PU-2021-2862-1285569Fixed
glibcc10f12.26.0.124.98f244e-alt12.32-alt5.p10.2ALT-PU-2017-2833-1197446Fixed
glibcc9f22.27-alt142.27-alt14ALT-PU-2021-2880-1285733Fixed
glibcc72.17-alt5.M70C.132.17-alt5.M70C.14ALT-PU-2017-2198-1188136Fixed

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      End including
      2.25