Fedora 42: glib2 Critical Buffer Under-read Fix RHSA-2025:0011
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August 13, 2025
Resolve CVE-2025-7039 (Buffer Under-read on GLib through glib/gfileutils.c via get_tmp_file()) with several other bug fixes.
Summary
GLib is the low-level core library that forms the basis for projects
such as GTK+ and GNOME. It provides data structure handling for C,
portability wrappers, and interfaces for such runtime functionality
as an event loop, threads, dynamic loading, and an object system.
Update Information:
Resolve CVE-2025-7039 (Buffer Under-read on GLib through glib/gfileutils.c via get_tmp_file()) with several other bug fixes.
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Mon Aug 11 2025 Marek Kasik
References
Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2025-16acfe9927
2025-08-13 01:15:46.336966+00:00
Name : glib2
Product : Fedora 42
Version : 2.84.4
Release : 1.fc42
URL : https://www.gtk.org
Summary : A library of handy utility functions
Description :
GLib is the low-level core library that forms the basis for projects
such as GTK+ and GNOME. It provides data structure handling for C,
portability wrappers, and interfaces for such runtime functionality
as an event loop, threads, dynamic loading, and an object system.
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-16acfe9927' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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Name: glib2
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 2.84.4
Release: 1.fc42
URL: https://www.gtk.org
Summary: A library of handy utility functions
Topics Covered
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