RLSA-2021:4385

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:4385
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2021:4385.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2021:4385
Related
Published
2021-11-09T09:16:02Z
Modified
2023-02-02T14:11:11.649127Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Moderate: 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):

  • glib2: Possible privilege escalation thourgh pkexec and aliases (CVE-2021-3800)

  • glib: gfilereplace() with GFILECREATEREPLACEDESTINATION creates empty target for dangling symlink (CVE-2021-28153)

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 Rocky Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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-8-5-legacy&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:2.56.4-156.el8