CVE-2024-2961

Publication date 17 April 2024

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The iconv() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.39 and older may overflow the output buffer passed to it by up to 4 bytes when converting strings to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set, which may be used to crash an application or overwrite a neighbouring variable.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
eglibc 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
glibc 24.10 oracular
Fixed 2.39-0ubuntu8.1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 2.39-0ubuntu8.1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 2.38-1ubuntu6.2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2.35-0ubuntu3.7
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.31-0ubuntu9.15
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial

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Notes

leosilva

introduced in 755104edc (v2.1.94)

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
glibc

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-6737-1
    • GNU C Library vulnerability
    • 18 April 2024
    • USN-6737-2
    • GNU C Library vulnerability
    • 29 April 2024
    • USN-6762-1
    • GNU C Library vulnerabilities
    • 2 May 2024

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