Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 50.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.3
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176932/glibc-syslog-Heap-Based-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/3
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6780
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254396
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2FIH77VHY3KCRROCXOT6L27WMZXSJ2G/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MWQ6BZJ6CV5UAW4VZSKJ6TO4KIW2KWAQ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-01
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/6
- https://www.qualys.com/2024/01/30/cve-2023-6246/syslog.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176932/glibc-syslog-Heap-Based-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/3
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6780
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2254396
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2FIH77VHY3KCRROCXOT6L27WMZXSJ2G/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MWQ6BZJ6CV5UAW4VZSKJ6TO4KIW2KWAQ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-01
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250207-0010/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/30/6
- https://www.qualys.com/2024/01/30/cve-2023-6246/syslog.txt
Products affected by CVE-2023-6780
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.37
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.37.38
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.37.9000
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.38
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.38.19
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cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.38.9000
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39