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Red Hat: RHSA-2019-3530-01 moderate: glib2 file permissions issue

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Calendar Grey November 5, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Patch for glib2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 addresses several moderate security vulnerabilities, notably in file access controls.
An update for glib2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

GLib provides the core application building blocks for libraries and applications written in C. It provides the core object system used in GNOME, the main loop implementation, and a large set of utility functions for strings and common data structures.
Security Fix(es):
* glib2: file_copy_fallback in gio/gfile.c in GNOME GLib does not properly restrict file permissions while a copy operation is in progress (CVE-2019-12450)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate impact glib2 bug fix file permissions issue glib core system

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12450 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.1_release_notes/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source: glib2-2.56.4-7.el8.src.rpm
aarch64: glib2-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm glib2-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm glib2-debugsource-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm glib2-devel-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm glib2-devel-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm glib2-fam-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm glib2-fam-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm glib2-tests-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm glib2-tests-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: glib2-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm glib2-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm glib2-debugsource-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm glib2-devel-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm glib2-devel-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm glib2-fam-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm glib2-fam-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm glib2-tests-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm glib2-tests-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: glib2-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm glib2-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm glib2-debugsource-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm glib2-devel-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm glib2-devel-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm glib2-fam-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm glib2-fam-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm glib2-tests-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm glib2-tests-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: glib2-2.56.4-7.el8.i686.rpm glib2-2.56.4-7.el8.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:3530-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3530
Issue date: 2019-11-05

Topic

An update for glib2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate impact glib2 bug fix file permissions issue glib core system

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1630260 - Removal of component glib2 or its crypto from RHEL

1713081 - [glib2] possible memory leak in Gnome

1715951 - Backport per-desktop GSettings overrides for 3.32 rebase

1719141 - CVE-2019-12450 glib2: file_copy_fallback in gio/gfile.c in GNOME GLib does not properly restrict file permissions while a copy operation is in progress

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