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Debian 11 & 12 DSA-5682-1 Critical GLib Spoofing Flaw Fix

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Calendar Grey May 7, 2024
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4158-1 tackles a critical GLib vulnerability; users are urged to promptly upgrade their glib2.0 packages.
Alicia Boya Garcia reported that the GDBus signal subscriptions in the GLib library are prone to a spoofing vulnerability
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Summary

gnome-shell is updated along with this update to avoid a screencast
regression after fixing CVE-2024-34397.

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.66.8-1+deb11u2.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.74.6-2+deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your glib2.0 packages.

For the detailed security status of glib2.0 please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/glib2.0

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: glib2.0
CVE ID: CVE-2024-34397

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