Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2020-29562CVE-2020-29562
4.8 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
64.5%
The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.30 to 2.32,
when converting UCS4 text containing an irreversible character, fails an
assertion in the code path and aborts the program, potentially resulting in
a denial of service.
Bugs
- <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26923>
- <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=976391>
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | while bug reports indicate this was introduced in 2.30, there actually is a commit in 2.27 to fix the issue. |
Related
4.8 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
64.5%