CVE-2024-2961

Name CVE-2024-2961
Description The iconv() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.39 and older may overflow the output buffer passed to it by up to 4 bytes when converting strings to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set, which may be used to crash an application or overwrite a neighbouring variable.
Source CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References DLA-3807-1, DSA-5673-1
Debian Bugs 1069191

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package Release Version Status
glibc (PTS) buster 2.28-10+deb10u1 vulnerable
buster (security) 2.28-10+deb10u3 fixed
bullseye 2.31-13+deb11u8 vulnerable
bullseye (security) 2.31-13+deb11u10 fixed
bookworm 2.36-9+deb12u4 vulnerable
bookworm (security) 2.36-9+deb12u7 fixed
trixie 2.38-7 fixed
sid 2.38-10 fixed

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

Package Type Release Fixed Version Urgency Origin Debian Bugs
glibc source buster 2.28-10+deb10u3 DLA-3807-1
glibc source bullseye 2.31-13+deb11u9 DSA-5673-1
glibc source bookworm 2.36-9+deb12u6 DSA-5673-1
glibc source (unstable) 2.37-18 1069191

Notes

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/17/9
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/18/4
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0004
Introduced by: https://sourceware.org/git?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=755104edc75c53f4a0e7440334e944ad3c6b32fc (cvs/libc-2_1_94)
Fixed by: https://sourceware.org/git?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=f9dc609e06b1136bb0408be9605ce7973a767ada

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