CVE-2023-6780
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-01-31 14:08
Modified
2024-08-02 08:42
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
Glibc: integer overflow in __vsyslog_internal()
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176932/glibc-syslog-Heap-Based-Buffer-Overflow.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/3Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6780Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254396Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2FIH77VHY3KCRROCXOT6L27WMZXSJ2G/Mailing List
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MWQ6BZJ6CV5UAW4VZSKJ6TO4KIW2KWAQ/Mailing List
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-01Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/6Exploit, Mailing List
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.qualys.com/2024/01/30/cve-2023-6246/syslog.txtThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
n/aglibc
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9
FedoraFedora
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