CVE-2023-6780

NameCVE-2023-6780
DescriptionAn integer overflow was found in the __vsyslog_internal function of the glibc library. This function is called by the syslog and vsyslog functions. This issue occurs when these functions are called with a very long message, leading to an incorrect calculation of the buffer size to store the message, resulting in undefined behavior. This issue affects glibc 2.37 and newer.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-5611-1

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
trixie2.40-2fixed
sid2.40-3fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
glibcsourcebuster(not affected)
glibcsourcebullseye(not affected)
glibcsourcebookworm2.36-9+deb12u4DSA-5611-1
glibcsource(unstable)2.37-15

Notes

[bullseye] - glibc <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[buster] - glibc <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Fixed by: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=ddf542da94caf97ff43cc2875c88749880b7259b
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-announce/2024/000037.html
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob_plain;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0003;hb=HEAD
https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/tree/advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0003

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