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Mageia 8: 2021-0123 Moderate: Glib2 Integer Truncation Security Fix

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Calendar Grey March 11, 2021
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Mageia 8's glibc2.0 update resolves integer saturation and overflow vulnerabilities, while also improving GIO security within setuid operations.
* Fix various instances within GLib where `g_memdup()` was vulnerable to a silent integer truncation and heap overflow problem (discovered by Kevin Backhouse, work by Philip Withna...

Summary

* Fix various instances within GLib where `g_memdup()` was vulnerable to a silent integer truncation and heap overflow problem (discovered by Kevin Backhouse, work by Philip Withnall) (#2319) * Fix some issues with handling over-long (invalid) input when parsing for

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28392

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/RKZC2OMFCXQTQDGIDS4JBWOWNQUAAOV2/

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/F3TX2KSXDNFQN6HBKCYRZSZWKF4W5EYJ/

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update heap overflow input handling integer truncation Mageia mageia glib2.0 GIO safety

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/glib2.0-2.66.7-1.mga8

- 8/core/mingw-glib2-2.66.7-1.mga8

Publication date: 12 Mar 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0123.html
Type: security

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update heap overflow input handling integer truncation Mageia mageia glib2.0 GIO safety

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