CVE-2023-6246 Glibc: heap-based buffer overflow in __vsyslog_internal()

2024-01-3114:06:21

CWE-122

redhat

www.cve.org

glibc

buffer overflow

syslog

vsyslog

openlog

privilege escalation

glibc 2.36

8.4 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.008 Low

EPSS

Percentile

81.4%

JSON

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in the __vsyslog_internal function of the glibc library. This function is called by the syslog and vsyslog functions. This issue occurs when the openlog function was not called, or called with the ident argument set to NULL, and the program name (the basename of argv[0]) is bigger than 1024 bytes, resulting in an application crash or local privilege escalation. This issue affects glibc 2.36 and newer.

CNA Affected

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    ]
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