CVE-2020-29562

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-29562
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-04 07:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:21:00 UTC
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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-617

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All
Application Netapp E-series Santricity Os Controller All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
26923 – (CVE-2020-29562) Assertion failure in iconv when converting invalid UCS4 (CVE-2020-29562) MISC sourceware.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: glibc-2.31-5.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
glibc: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202101-20) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: glibc-2.31-5.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
December 2020 GNU C Library Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
[mina-dev] 20210225 [jira] [Created] (FTPSERVER-500) Security vulnerability in common/lib/log4j-1.2.17.jar lists.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 174895 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for glibc (SUSE-SU-2021:1165-1)
  • 198685 Ubuntu Security Notification for GNU C Library Vulnerabilities (USN-5310-1)
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
  • 6140033 AWS Bottlerocket Security Update for glibc (GHSA-7xrc-mr8j-849j)
  • 750341 OpenSUSE Security Update for glibc (openSUSE-SU-2021:0358-1)
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