Name | CVE-2022-39046 |
Description | An issue was discovered in the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.36. When the syslog function is passed a crafted input string larger than 1024 bytes, it reads uninitialized memory from the heap and prints it to the target log file, potentially revealing a portion of the contents of the heap. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
glibc (PTS) | bullseye | 2.31-13+deb11u11 | fixed |
bullseye (security) | 2.31-13+deb11u10 | fixed | |
bookworm | 2.36-9+deb12u8 | fixed | |
bookworm (security) | 2.36-9+deb12u7 | fixed | |
trixie | 2.40-2 | fixed | |
sid | 2.40-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
glibc | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
- glibc <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29536
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2022-August/141707.html
Introduced by: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=a583b6add407c17cdcd4146be3876061a5e1d555 (glibc-2.36)
Fixed by: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=52a5be0df411ef3ff45c10c7c308cb92993d15b1