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HistoryNov 07, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

Low: glib2 security and bug fix update

2023-11-0700:00:00
errata.almalinux.org
12
glib
security update
bug fix
gvariant
offset table
cve-2023-29499
cve-2023-32611
cve-2023-32665
almalinux
unix

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

42.2%

GLib provides the core application building blocks for libraries and applications written in C. It provides the core object system used in GNOME, the main loop implementation, and a large set of utility functions for strings and common data structures.

Security Fix(es):

  • glib: GVariant offset table entry size is not checked in is_normal() (CVE-2023-29499)
  • glib: g_variant_byteswap() can take a long time with some non-normal inputs (CVE-2023-32611)
  • glib: GVariant deserialisation does not match spec for non-normal data (CVE-2023-32665)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

42.2%