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Slackware Linux 15.0 / current aaa_glibc-solibs Vulnerability (SSA:2024-109-01)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 193530

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Synopsis

The remote Slackware Linux host is missing a security update to aaa_glibc-solibs.

Description

The version of aaa_glibc-solibs installed on the remote host is prior to 2.33 / 2.39. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SSA:2024-109-01 advisory.

 - The iconv() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.39 and older may overflow the output buffer passed to it by up to 4 bytes when converting strings to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set, which may be used to crash an application or overwrite a neighbouring variable. (CVE-2024-2961)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the affected aaa_glibc-solibs package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d60ef5db

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 193530

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2024-109-01.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 4/18/2024

Updated: 4/18/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-2961

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:aaa_glibc-solibs, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:glibc-i18n, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:15.0, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:glibc, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:glibc-profile, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-2961