Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.13.2024.109.01
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2024-109-01)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc' package(s) announced via the SSA:2024-109-01 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc' package(s) announced via the SSA:2024-109-01 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New glibc packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/aaa_glibc-solibs-2.33-i586-6_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. patches/packages/glibc-2.33-i586-6_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes a security issue: 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. For more information, see: [link moved to references] (* Security fix *) patches/packages/glibc-i18n-2.33-i586-6_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. patches/packages/glibc-profile-2.33-i586-6_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'glibc' package(s) on Slackware 15.0, Slackware current. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2024-2961 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YAMJQI3Y6BHWV3CUTYBXOZONCUJNOB2Z/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3I4KYS6EU6S7QZ47WFNTPVAHFIUQNEL/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BTJFBGHDYG5PEIFD5WSSSKSFZ2AZWC5N/ https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2024-0004 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00001.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/17/9 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/18/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/24/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/27/6
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