Vulnerability CVE-2023-6246


Published: 2024-01-31

Description:
A heap-based buffer 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 the openlog function was not called, or called with the ident argument set to NULL, and the program name (the basename of argv[0]) is bigger than 1024 bytes, resulting in an application crash or local privilege escalation. This issue affects glibc 2.36 and newer.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
glibc syslog() Heap-Based Buffer Overflow
Qualys Security ...
01.02.2024
High
glibc qsort() Out-Of-Bounds Read / Write
Qualys Security ...
01.02.2024

Type:

CWE-119

(Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

 References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6246
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2249053
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/6

Copyright 2024, cxsecurity.com

 

Back to Top