Fedora 40: glibc 2024-eafbf519ec Security Advisory Updates
Summary
The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by
multiple programs on the system. In order to save disk space and
memory, as well as to make upgrading easier, common system code is
kept in one place and shared between programs. This particular package
contains the most important sets of shared libraries: the standard C
library and the standard math library. Without these two libraries, a
Linux system will not function.
Update Information:
This update includes several bug fixes from the upstream glibc release branch, including the fix for a buffer overflow in iconv when converting to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set (CVE-2024-2961, RHBZ#2275855).
Change Log
* Thu Apr 18 2024 Florian Weimer
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2275855 - CVE-2024-2961 glibc: Out of bounds write in iconv may lead to remote code execution [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2275855
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-eafbf519ec' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label