USN-6620-1

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    USN-6620-1

    Published: 1 Feb 2024Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: glibc vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled the syslog() function call. A local attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code and possibly escalate privileges.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6620-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6246, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6779, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6780

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: glibc

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.38-1ubuntu6.1

    Affected versions

    2.37-0ubuntu2

    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