UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10228
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UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10228
Published: 2 Mar 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
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Summary:
Details: The iconv program in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.31 and earlier, when invoked with multiple suffixes in the destination encoding (TRANSLATE or IGNORE) along with the -c option, enters an infinite loop when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences, leading to a denial of service.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10228, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5310-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5768-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10228
Affected packages
Package
Name: eglibc
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
2.17-93ubuntu4
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