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Gentoo: GLSA-202402-27 Normal Severity: Glade Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey February 19, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A Glade security flaw in Gentoo leads to potential service disruption; fixing this issue requires updating to version 3.38.2 or later.
A vulnerability has been discovered in Glade which can lead to a denial of service.

Summary

A vulnerability has been found in Glade which can lead to a denial of service when working with specific glade files.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue software update gentoo linux normal severity glade

Resolution

All Glade users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/glade-3.38.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-36774 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36774

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-27
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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: Normal
Title: Glade: Denial of Service
Date: February 19, 2024
Bugs: #747451
ID: 202402-27

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue software update gentoo linux normal severity glade

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Glade which can lead to a denial of service.

Background

Glade is a RAD tool to enable quick & easy development of user interfaces for the GTK+ toolkit (Version 3 only) and the GNOME desktop environment.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected -------------- ------------ ------------ dev-util/glade < 3.38.2 >= 3.38.2

Impact

A crafted file may lead to crashes in Glade.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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