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Gentoo: GLSA-202311-19 High: GLib Multiple Security Flaws

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Calendar Grey November 27, 2023
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Uncover critical flaws in Gentoo's GLib and obtain comprehensive guidelines to efficiently address these vulnerabilities.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GLib.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GLib. Please review the referenced CVEs for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo high severity multiple vulnerabilities GLib

Resolution

All GLib users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/glib-2.74.4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2023-29499 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29499 [ 2 ] CVE-2023-32611 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32611 [ 3 ] CVE-2023-32665 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32665

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-18
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: GLib: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: November 27, 2023
Bugs: #886197, #887807
ID: 202311-18

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo high severity multiple vulnerabilities GLib

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GLib.

Background

GLib is a library providing a number of GNOME's core objects and functions.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ------------- ------------ ------------ dev-libs/glib < 2.74.4 >= 2.74.4

Impact

GVariant deserialization is vulnerable to an exponential blowup issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service.
GVariant deserialization fails to validate that the input conforms to the expected format, leading to denial of service.
GVariant deserialization is vulnerable to a slowdown issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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