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glibc — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6780

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.

Products
glibc
Affected versions
2.36-9, 2.36-9+deb12u1, 2.36-9+deb12u2, 2.36-9+deb12u3
Fixed versions
2.36-9+deb12u4, 2.37-15
CVEs
CVE-2023-6780
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 16:16 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6780

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Jan 2024, 14:15 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6780

glibc

Fixed versions: 2.36-9+deb12u4

glibc

Fixed versions: 2.37-15

glibc

Fixed versions: 2.37-15

Complete source record
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