CVE-2023-6246

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    CVE-2023-6246

    Published: 31 Jan 2024Last Modified: 28 Oct 2026

    Summary: Glibc: heap-based buffer overflow in __vsyslog_internal()

    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.

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- c804cd1c00adde061ca51711f63068c103e94eef

    Affected versions

    glibc-2.38
    glibc-2.38.9000

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High