Description
An issue was discovered in the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.36. When the syslog function is passed a crafted input string larger than 1024 bytes, it reads uninitialized memory from the heap and prints it to the target log file, potentially revealing a portion of the contents of the heap.
Affected products
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References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29536 ↗
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221104-0002/ ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-03 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/8 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/6 ↗
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176932/glibc-syslog-Heap-Based-Buffer-Overflow.html ↗
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/3 ↗