USN-5310-2: GNU C Library vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-3999   CVE-2022-23218   CVE-2022-23219  

Several security issues were fixed in GNU C Library.

It was discovered that the GNU C library getcwd function incorrectly handled buffers. An attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-3999)

Details

USN-5310-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in GNU. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that the GNU C library getcwd function incorrectly
handled buffers. An attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C
Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-3999)

It was discovered that the GNU C Library sunrpc module incorrectly handled
buffer lengths. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the GNU
C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-23218,
CVE-2022-23219)