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CVE-2016-10228

Published: 2 March 2017

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.

Priority

Negligible

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.9

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
glibc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
bionic
Released (2.27-3ubuntu1.5)
focal
Released (2.31-0ubuntu9.7)
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(2.33-0ubuntu5)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(2.34-0ubuntu3)
xenial
Released (2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm3)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
lunar Not vulnerable
(2.34-0ubuntu3)
impish Not vulnerable
(2.34-0ubuntu3)
jammy Not vulnerable
(2.34-0ubuntu3)
precise Does not exist

upstream Needed

zesty Ignored
(end of life)
mantic Not vulnerable
(2.34-0ubuntu3)
Patches:
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=91927b7c76437db860cd86a7714476b56bb39d07
upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=7d4ec75e111291851620c6aa2c4460647b7fd50d (regression fix)
eglibc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Does not exist

trusty Needed

hirsute Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

upstream Needed

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.9
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H