CVE-2020-29562

NameCVE-2020-29562
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs976391

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
glibc (PTS)bullseye2.31-13+deb11u11fixed
bullseye (security)2.31-13+deb11u10fixed
bookworm2.36-9+deb12u8fixed
bookworm (security)2.36-9+deb12u7fixed
sid, trixie2.40-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
glibcsourcestretch(not affected)
glibcsourcebuster(not affected)
glibcsource(unstable)2.31-7976391

Notes

[buster] - glibc <not-affected> (Vulnerability introduced later in 2.30)
[stretch] - glibc <not-affected> (Vulnerability introduced later in 2.30)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26923
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2020-November/119822.html
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=228edd356f03bf62dcf2b1335f25d43c602ee68d

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