QID 352247

Date Published: 2021-03-26

QID 352247: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for glibc: ALAS2-2021-1615

<DIV> Issue Overview:

A flaw was found in glibc's iconv() functionality. This flaw allows an attacker capable of supplying a crafted sequence of characters to an application using iconv() to convert from ISO-2022-JP-3 to cause an assertion failure. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-3326 )

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Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; allows unauthorized modification; allows disruption of service.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.

Solution

Please refer to Amazon advisory ALAS-2021-1615 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.

Vendor References

ALAS-2021-1615 - alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2021-1615.html

CVEs related to QID 352247

CVE-2021-3326 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
ALAS-2021-1615	Amazon Linux 2	glibc (2.26-42.amzn2) on aarch64	alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2021-1615.html
ALAS-2021-1615	Amazon Linux 2	glibc (2.26-42.amzn2) on i686	alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2021-1615.html
ALAS-2021-1615	Amazon Linux 2	glibc (2.26-42.amzn2) on src	alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2021-1615.html
ALAS-2021-1615	Amazon Linux 2	glibc (2.26-42.amzn2) on x86_64	alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2021-1615.html

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