USN-5768-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities
Publication date
8 December 2022
Overview
Several security issues were fixed in GNU C Library.
Releases
Packages
- glibc - GNU C Library
Details
Jan Engelhardt, Tavis Ormandy, and others discovered that the GNU C Library
iconv feature incorrectly handled certain input sequences. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to hang or crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-10228, CVE-2019-25013,
CVE-2020-27618)
It was discovered that the GNU C Library did not properly handled DNS
responses when ENDS0 is enabled. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause fragmentation-based attacks. (CVE-2017-12132)
Jan Engelhardt, Tavis Ormandy, and others discovered that the GNU C Library
iconv feature incorrectly handled certain input sequences. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to hang or crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-10228, CVE-2019-25013,
CVE-2020-27618)
It was discovered that the GNU C Library did not properly handled DNS
responses when ENDS0 is enabled. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause fragmentation-based attacks. (CVE-2017-12132)
Update instructions
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 16.04 xenial | libc6 – 2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm3 | ||
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