SB2024092738 - IBM Integrated Analytics System update for glibc
Published: September 27, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024092738
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27618)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within iconv implementation when processing multi-byte input sequences in IBM1364, IBM1371, IBM1388, IBM1390, IBM1399 encodings. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.