ALSA-2023:6631

Source
https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-6631.html
Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:6631.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2023:6631
Related
Published
2023-11-07T00:00:00Z
Modified
2023-11-14T12:11:13Z
Summary
Low: 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: GVariant offset table entry size is not checked in is_normal() (CVE-2023-29499)
  • glib: gvariantbyteswap() 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.

References

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:9 / glib2

Package

Name
glib2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.68.4-11.el9

AlmaLinux:9 / glib2-devel

Package

Name
glib2-devel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.68.4-11.el9

AlmaLinux:9 / glib2-doc

Package

Name
glib2-doc

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.68.4-11.el9

AlmaLinux:9 / glib2-static

Package

Name
glib2-static

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.68.4-11.el9

AlmaLinux:9 / glib2-tests

Package

Name
glib2-tests

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.68.4-11.el9