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SUSE: 2024:4254-1 critical update for glib2 buffer overflow issue

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Calendar Grey December 6, 2024
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Important security patch for glib2 on SUSE and openSUSE addressing severe vulnerabilities; features installation guidelines.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for glib2 fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

* CVE-2024-52533: Fix a single byte buffer overflow in set_connect_msg()

(bsc#1233282).

Non-security issue fixed:

* Fix error when uninstalling packages (bsc#1231463).

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow SUSE Linux important update glib2 SLE 15 SP6 Leap 15.6

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2024-4254=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-4254=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2024-4254=1

Package List

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libglib-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.78.6-150600.4.8.1

* libgthread-2_0-0-2.78.6-150600.4.8.1

* glib2-debugsource-2.78.6-150600.4.8.1

* libglib-2_0-0-2.78.6-150600.4.8.1

* libgobject-2_0-0-2.78.6-150600.4.8.1

* glib2-devel-2.78.6-150600.4.8.1

* libgmodule-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.78.6-150600.4.8.1

* libgthread-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.78.6-150600.4.8.1

* glib2-devel-debuginfo-2.78.6-150600.4.8.1

* libgmodule-2_0-0-2.78.6-150600.4.8.1

* glib2-tools-2.78.6-150600.4.8.1

* glib2-tools-debuginfo-2.78.6-150600.4.8.1

* libgio-2_0-0-2.78.6-150600.4.8.1

* libgobject-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.78.6-150600.4.8.1

* libgio-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.78.6-150600.4.8.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (noarch)

* glib2-lang-2.78.6-150600.4.8.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (x86_64)

* libgio-2_0-0-32bit-debuginfo-2.78.6-150600.4.8.1

* libgmodule-2_0-0-32bit-debuginfo-2.78.6-150600.4.8.1

* libgio-2_0-0-32bit-2.78.6-150600.4.8.1

* libglib-2_0-0-32bit-2.78.6-150600.4.8.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1231463

* bsc#1233282

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-52533.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231463

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233282

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:4254-1
Release Date: 2024-12-06T17:03:29Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow SUSE Linux important update glib2 SLE 15 SP6 Leap 15.6

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