CVE-2016-10228 Denial of service in n/a
The iconv program in glibc enters an infinite loop when processing invalid multi-byte input with specific options, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-10228?
CVE-2016-10228 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gnu Glibc, published on 2 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The iconv program in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.31 and earlier, when invoked with multiple suffixes in the destination encoding (TRANSLATE or IGNORE) along with the -c option, enters an infinite loop when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences, leading to a denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10228?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (5)
glibc SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 | All versions | 2.26-13.62.1 |
glibc SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 | All versions | 2.26-13.62.1 |
glibc SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 | All versions | 2.26-13.62.1 |
glibc openSUSE:Leap 15.2 | All versions | 2.26-lp152.26.12.1 |
glibc-testsuite-src openSUSE:Leap 15.2 | All versions | 2.26-lp152.26.12.1 |
Products include Gnu Glibc.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10228?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-10228 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10228 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gnu Glibc
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10228, GHSA-g93f-3wq3-pq68, MGASA-2021-0289, SUSE-SU-2021:3830-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10228, openSUSE-SU-2021:1560-1.