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Red Hat 7.3: RHSA-2021-2173-01 Important: glib2 Integer Overflow Risk

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Calendar Grey June 1, 2021
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Keep up to date on Red Hat's critical glib2 security patch and its implications for your infrastructure. Discover the details of the resolution!
An update for glib2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Advanced Update Support

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):
* glib: integer overflow in g_bytes_new function on 64-bit platforms due to an implicit cast from 64 bits to 32 bits (CVE-2021-27219)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update red hat important integer overflow security impact glib2

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27219 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.3):
Source: glib2-2.46.2-5.el7_3.src.rpm
x86_64: glib2-2.46.2-5.el7_3.i686.rpm glib2-2.46.2-5.el7_3.x86_64.rpm glib2-debuginfo-2.46.2-5.el7_3.i686.rpm glib2-debuginfo-2.46.2-5.el7_3.x86_64.rpm glib2-devel-2.46.2-5.el7_3.i686.rpm glib2-devel-2.46.2-5.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.3):
noarch: glib2-doc-2.46.2-5.el7_3.noarch.rpm
x86_64: glib2-debuginfo-2.46.2-5.el7_3.x86_64.rpm glib2-fam-2.46.2-5.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:2173-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2173
Issue date: 2021-06-01

Topic

An update for glib2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3Advanced Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update red hat important integer overflow security impact glib2

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.3) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.3) - noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1929858 - CVE-2021-27219 glib: integer overflow in g_bytes_new function on 64-bit platforms due to an implicit cast from 64 bits to 32 bits

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