CVE-2022-39046

NameCVE-2022-39046
DescriptionAn 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
glibc (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.19-18+deb8u14fixed
stretch (security)2.24-11+deb9u1fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2.24-11+deb9u7fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)2.28-10+deb10u4fixed
bullseye2.31-13+deb11u11fixed
bullseye (security)2.31-13+deb11u10fixed
bookworm2.36-9+deb12u9fixed
bookworm (security)2.36-9+deb12u7fixed
sid, trixie2.40-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
glibcsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- glibc <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29536
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2022-August/141707.html
Introduced by: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=a583b6add407c17cdcd4146be3876061a5e1d555 (glibc-2.36)
Fixed by: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=52a5be0df411ef3ff45c10c7c308cb92993d15b1

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