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CVE-2023-6779

CVE Details

CVE-2023-6779

Last Update

10/14/24

NIST CVE Summary

An off-by-one 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 these functions are called with a message bigger than INT_MAX bytes, leading to an incorrect calculation of the buffer size to store the message, resulting in an application crash. This issue affects glibc 2.37 and newer.

Our Official Summary

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

CVE Severity

7.5

Status

Ongoing

Affected Products & Versions

  • Palette Enterprise 4.5.3
  • Palette VerteX 4.5.3

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