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Ubuntu 23.10: USN-6737-1 critical: glibc denial of service

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Calendar Grey April 18, 2024
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Uncover essential glibc vulnerabilities in Ubuntu impacting various distributions. Find out ways to safeguard your system now.
GNU C Library could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted data.

Summary

GNU C Library could be made to crash or run programs if it processed

specially crafted data.

Software Description:

- glibc: GNU C Library

Details:

Charles Fol discovered that the GNU C Library iconv feature incorrectly

handled certain input sequences. An attacker could use this issue to cause

the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly

execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue software update Ubuntu glibc update instructions Ubuntu 20.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 23.10

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 23.10:
   libc6                           2.38-1ubuntu6.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   libc6                           2.35-0ubuntu3.7

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   libc6                           2.31-0ubuntu9.15

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6737-1

CVE-2024-2961

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6737-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue software update Ubuntu glibc update instructions Ubuntu 20.04 Ubuntu 22.04 Ubuntu 23.10

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/2.38-1ubuntu6.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/2.35-0ubuntu3.7
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/2.31-0ubuntu9.15

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