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 AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.