UBUNTU-CVE-2022-39046

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-39046

    Published: 31 Aug 2022Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
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    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.36. When the syslog function is passed a crafted input string larger than 1024 bytes, it reads uninitialized memory from the heap and prints it to the target log file, potentially revealing a portion of the contents of the heap.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: glibc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.27-3ubuntu1.6

    Affected versions

    2.26-0ubuntu2
    2.26-0ubuntu2.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
    None
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