| Name | CVE-2020-27618 |
| Description | iconv when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences fails to advance the input state, which could result in an infinite loop |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 973914 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| glibc (PTS) | stretch | 2.24-11+deb9u4 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 2.24-11+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 2.28-10 | vulnerable |
| bullseye, sid | 2.31-4 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| glibc | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 973914 |
Notes
[buster] - glibc <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - glibc <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26224
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=9a99c682144bdbd40792ebf822fe9264e0376fb5