Mageia alert MGASA-2021-0289 (glibc)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2021-0289: Updated glibc packages fix a security vulnerability
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Mon, 28 Jun 2021 23:17:57 +0200
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Article
MGASA-2021-0289 - Updated glibc packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 28 Jun 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0289.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2016-10228

Description:
A vulnerability was found in the iconv program provided by glibc when it's
invoked with the -c option. It can enter an infinite loop while parsing an
invalid multi-byte sequence (CVE-2016-10228).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28942
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1585
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1...

SRPMS:
- 7/core/glibc-2.29-23.mga7