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GLSA-202405-17 : glibc: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202405-17 (glibc: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

 - 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)

 - Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details. (CVE-2024-33599, CVE-2024-33600, CVE-2024-33601, CVE-2024-33602)

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

Solution

All glibc users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=sys-libs/glibc-2.38-r13

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202405-17

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=930177

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=930667

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 195022

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202405-17.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 5/6/2024

Updated: 2/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-2961

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-33602

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:glibc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2024

Exploitable With

Metasploit (CosmicSting: Magento Arbitrary File Read (CVE-2024-34102) + PHP Buffer Overflow in the iconv() function of glibc (CVE-2024-2961))

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-2961, CVE-2024-33599, CVE-2024-33600, CVE-2024-33601, CVE-2024-33602

IAVA: 2025-A-0062