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CVE-2023-6246

CVE Details

CVE-2023-6246

Last Update

11/7/24

NIST CVE Summary

A heap-based buffer 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 the openlog function was not called, or called with the ident argument set to NULL, and the program name (the basename of argv[0]) is bigger than 1024 bytes, resulting in an application crash or local privilege escalation. This issue affects glibc 2.36 and newer.

Our Official Summary

Investigation is ongoing to determine how this vulnerability affects our products.

CVE Severity

7.8

Status

Ongoing

Affected Products & Versions

  • Palette Enterprise 4.5.3, 4.5.8
  • Palette VerteX 4.5.3, 4.5.8

Revision History

  • 1.0 10/14/24 Initial Publication
  • 2.0 10/14/2024 Added Palette Enterprise & Palette VerteX 4.5.3 to Affected Products
  • 3.0 11/7/2024 Added Palette Enterprise & Palette VerteX 4.5.8 to Affected Products