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Description
An integer 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 these functions are called with a very long message, leading to an incorrect calculation of the buffer size to store the message, resulting in undefined behavior. This issue affects glibc 2.37 and newer.
CVSS 1 Total
| Score | Severity | Version | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | MEDIUM | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
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Credits
- Red Hat would like to thank Qualys Threat Research Unit for reporting this issue.
References 9 Total
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176932/glibc-syslog-Heap-Based-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/3
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6780 vdb-entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com: RHBZ#2254396 issue-tracking
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2FIH77VHY3KCRROCXOT6L27WMZXSJ2G/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MWQ6BZJ6CV5UAW4VZSKJ6TO4KIW2KWAQ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-01
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/6
- https://www.qualys.com/2024/01/30/cve-2023-6246/syslog.txt
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References 10 Total
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176932/glibc-syslog-Heap-Based-Buffer-Overflow.html x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/3 x_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6780 vdb-entryx_transferred
- bugzilla.redhat.com: RHBZ#2254396 issue-trackingx_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2FIH77VHY3KCRROCXOT6L27WMZXSJ2G/ x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MWQ6BZJ6CV5UAW4VZSKJ6TO4KIW2KWAQ/ x_transferred
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-01 x_transferred
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/6 x_transferred
- https://www.qualys.com/2024/01/30/cve-2023-6246/syslog.txt x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250207-0010/