CVE-2021-43396
Published: 4 November 2021
** DISPUTED ** In iconvdata/iso-2022-jp-3.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.34, remote attackers can force iconv() to emit a spurious '\0' character via crafted ISO-2022-JP-3 data that is accompanied by an internal state reset. This may affect data integrity in certain iconv() use cases. NOTE: the vendor states "the bug cannot be invoked through user input and requires iconv to be invoked with a NULL inbuf, which ought to require a separate application bug to do so unintentionally. Hence there's no security impact to the bug."
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | this was disputed as not being a security issue, marking as not-affected |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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eglibc Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
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| focal |
Does not exist
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| hirsute |
Does not exist
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| impish |
Does not exist
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| jammy |
Does not exist
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| trusty |
Not vulnerable
|
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| upstream |
Needs triage
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| xenial |
Does not exist
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glibc Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
|
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| hirsute |
Not vulnerable
|
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| impish |
Not vulnerable
|
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| jammy |
Not vulnerable
|
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| trusty |
Does not exist
|
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| upstream |
Needs triage
|
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| xenial |
Not vulnerable
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |