DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3800

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3800
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3800.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3800
Upstream
Published
2022-08-23T16:15:09Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:35Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in glib before version 2.63.6. Due to random charset alias, pkexec can leak content from files owned by privileged users to unprivileged ones under the right condition.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / glib2.0

Package

Name
glib2.0
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glib2.0?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.64.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / glib2.0

Package

Name
glib2.0
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glib2.0?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.64.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / glib2.0

Package

Name
glib2.0
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glib2.0?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.64.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / glib2.0

Package

Name
glib2.0
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/glib2.0?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.64.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}