USN-6737-1: GNU C Library vulnerability
18 April 2024
GNU C Library could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted data.
Releases
Packages
- 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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 23.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-6737-2: libc-dev-bin, libc6-i386, libc6-dev-x32, glibc-doc, locales-all, nscd, libc6-s390, libc-devtools, libc6-amd64, libc6-x32, locales, libc6-dev, libc-bin, glibc, libc6-dev-amd64, libc6-dev-i386, libc6, libc6-dev-s390, glibc-source
- USN-6762-1: libc-dev-bin, eglibc-source, libc6-pic, libc6-i386, libc6-dev-x32, glibc-doc, libc6-armel, locales-all, nscd, libc6-s390, libc6-amd64, libc6-x32, libc6-dev-armel, libc6-prof, eglibc, locales, libc6-lse, libc6-dev, multiarch-support, libc-bin, glibc, libc6-dev-amd64, libc6-dev-i386, libc6, libc6-dev-s390, glibc-source