GNU C Library vulnerabilities

2024-02-0100:00:00

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gnu c library

ubuntu 23.10

glibc

arbitrary code execution

privilege escalation

local attacker

syslog function

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

7.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.008 Low

EPSS

Percentile

81.3%

JSON

Releases

Ubuntu 23.10

Packages

glibc - GNU C Library

Details

It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled the syslog()
function call. A local attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary
code and possibly escalate privileges.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu23.10noarchlibc6< 2.38-1ubuntu6.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu23.10noarchglibc-doc< 2.38-1ubuntu6.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu23.10noarchglibc-source< 2.38-1ubuntu6.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu23.10noarchlibc-bin< 2.38-1ubuntu6.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu23.10noarchlibc-bin-dbgsym< 2.38-1ubuntu6.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu23.10noarchlibc-dev-bin< 2.38-1ubuntu6.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu23.10noarchlibc-dev-bin-dbgsym< 2.38-1ubuntu6.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu23.10noarchlibc-devtools< 2.38-1ubuntu6.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu23.10noarchlibc-devtools-dbgsym< 2.38-1ubuntu6.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu23.10noarchlibc6-dbg< 2.38-1ubuntu6.1UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Ubuntu	23.10	noarch	libc6	< 2.38-1ubuntu6.1	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	23.10	noarch	glibc-doc	< 2.38-1ubuntu6.1	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	23.10	noarch	glibc-source	< 2.38-1ubuntu6.1	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	23.10	noarch	libc-bin	< 2.38-1ubuntu6.1	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	23.10	noarch	libc-bin-dbgsym	< 2.38-1ubuntu6.1	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	23.10	noarch	libc-dev-bin	< 2.38-1ubuntu6.1	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	23.10	noarch	libc-dev-bin-dbgsym	< 2.38-1ubuntu6.1	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	23.10	noarch	libc-devtools	< 2.38-1ubuntu6.1	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	23.10	noarch	libc-devtools-dbgsym	< 2.38-1ubuntu6.1	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	23.10	noarch	libc6-dbg	< 2.38-1ubuntu6.1	UNKNOWN