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Mageia: 2021-0289 Critical glibc Update: Infinite Loop Threat

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Calendar Grey June 28, 2021
Dist Mageia Esm H88
An important glibc patch for Mageia 7 addresses a persistent loop bug in the iconv utility, improving overall system safety.
A vulnerability was found in the iconv program provided by glibc when it's invoked with the -c option

Summary

A vulnerability was found in the iconv program provided by glibc when it's invoked with the -c option. It can enter an infinite loop while parsing an invalid multi-byte sequence (CVE-2016-10228).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28942

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1585

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10228

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical glibc infinite loop Mageia iconv

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/core/glibc-2.29-23.mga7

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Publication date: 28 Jun 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0289.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2016-10228

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical glibc infinite loop Mageia iconv

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