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Bug 1428290 - (CVE-2016-10228) CVE-2016-10228 glibc: iconv program can hang when invoked with the -c option
CVE-2016-10228 glibc: iconv program can hang when invoked with the -c option
Status: NEW
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=low,public=20170125,reported=2...
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Depends On: 1427734 1428292 1427740 1427741
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Reported: 2017-03-02 03:59 EST by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2018-08-06 07:41 EDT (History)
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Tracker ID Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Sourceware 19519 None None None 2018-08-06 07:41 EDT

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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-03-02 03:59:40 EST
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.

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http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/538

Upstream bug:

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19519
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-03-02 04:02:15 EST
Created glibc tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1428292]

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