CVE-2020-29562

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5310-1

Severity Score

4.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The iconv function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.30 to 2.32, when converting UCS4 text containing an irreversible character, fails an assertion in the code path and aborts the program, potentially resulting in a denial of service.

La función iconv en la GNU C Library (también se conoce como glibc o libc6) versiones 2.30 hasta 2.32, al convertir texto UCS4 que contiene un carácter irreversible, se comete un fallo en una aserción en la ruta del código y aborta el programa, lo que potencialmente resulta en una denegación de servicio

Jan Engelhardt, Tavis Ormandy, and others discovered that the GNU C Library iconv feature incorrectly handled certain input sequences. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Jason Royes and Samuel Dytrych discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled signed comparisons on ARMv7 targets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-12-04 CVE Reserved
2020-12-04 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-04 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-617: Reachable Assertion

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0004	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26923	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TVCUNLQ3HXGS4VPUQKWTJGRAW2KTFGXS	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-20	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Glibc Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Glibc"				>= 2.30 <= 2.32 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Glibc" and version " >= 2.30 <= 2.32"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				32 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "32"		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		E-series Santricity Os Controller Search vendor "Netapp" for product "E-series Santricity Os Controller"				>= 11.0.0 <= 11.60.3 Search vendor "Netapp" for product "E-series Santricity Os Controller" and version " >= 11.0.0 <= 11.60.3"		-		Affected