MGASA-2021-0289

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    MGASA-2021-0289

    Published: 28 Jun 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-10228

    Summary: Updated glibc packages fix a security vulnerability

    Details: A vulnerability was found in the iconv program provided by glibc when it's invoked with the -c option. It can enter an infinite loop while parsing an invalid multi-byte sequence (CVE-2016-10228).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0289.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28942, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1585

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: glibc

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/glibc?arch=source&distro=mageia-7

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.29-23.mga7

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Integrity
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