CVE - CVE-2023-6780

CVE-ID
CVE-2023-6780	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
An integer 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 these functions are called with a very long message, leading to an incorrect calculation of the buffer size to store the message, resulting in undefined behavior. This issue affects glibc 2.37 and newer.
References
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MISC:RHBZ#2254396 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254396 MISC:http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176932/glibc-syslog-Heap-Based-Buffer-Overflow.html URL:http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176932/glibc-syslog-Heap-Based-Buffer-Overflow.html MISC:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/3 URL:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/3 MISC:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6780 URL:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6780 MISC:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2FIH77VHY3KCRROCXOT6L27WMZXSJ2G/ URL:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2FIH77VHY3KCRROCXOT6L27WMZXSJ2G/ MISC:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MWQ6BZJ6CV5UAW4VZSKJ6TO4KIW2KWAQ/ URL:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MWQ6BZJ6CV5UAW4VZSKJ6TO4KIW2KWAQ/ MISC:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-01 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-01 MISC:https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/6 URL:https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/6 MISC:https://www.qualys.com/2024/01/30/cve-2023-6246/syslog.txt URL:https://www.qualys.com/2024/01/30/cve-2023-6246/syslog.txt
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20231213	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20231213)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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