RLSA-2021:2170

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:2170
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2021:2170.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2021:2170
Related
Published
2021-06-01T09:04:25Z
Modified
2023-02-02T14:09:35.833947Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Important: glib2 security and bug fix update
Details

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: integer overflow in gbytesnew function on 64-bit platforms due to an implicit cast from 64 bits to 32 bits (CVE-2021-27219)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

  • Refcounting issue causes crashes and slow workarounds (BZ#1953553)
References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:8 / glib2

Package

Name
glib2
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/glib2?distro=rocky-linux-8-4-legacy&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:2.56.4-10.el8_4