AZL-34735
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Summary: CVE-2023-6246 affecting package glibc for versions less than 2.38-6
Details: A heap-based buffer 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 the openlog function was not called, or called with the ident argument set to NULL, and the program name (the basename of argv[0]) is bigger than 1024 bytes, resulting in an application crash or local privilege escalation. This issue affects glibc 2.36 and newer.
References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6246
Affected packages
Package
Name: glibc
Purl: pkg:rpm/azure-linux/glibc
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -2.38-6
Affected versions
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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