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Red Hat 8 RHSA-2021-3058-01 Moderate Integer Overflow in GLib2

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Calendar Grey August 10, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A recent update for glib2 on Red Hat 8 fixes a moderate security issue arising from integer overflow vulnerabilities.
An update for glib2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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_byte_array_new_take function when called with a buffer of 4GB or more on a 64-bit platform (CVE-2021-27218)
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 moderate security issue software update Red Hat Enterprise Linux integer overflow glib2

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27218 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source: glib2-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.src.rpm
aarch64: glib2-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm glib2-debuginfo-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm glib2-debugsource-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm glib2-devel-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm glib2-devel-debuginfo-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm glib2-fam-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm glib2-fam-debuginfo-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm glib2-tests-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm glib2-tests-debuginfo-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: glib2-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm glib2-debuginfo-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm glib2-debugsource-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm glib2-devel-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm glib2-devel-debuginfo-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm glib2-fam-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm glib2-fam-debuginfo-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm glib2-tests-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm glib2-tests-debuginfo-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: glib2-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.s390x.rpm glib2-debuginfo-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.s390x.rpm glib2-debugsource-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.s390x.rpm glib2-devel-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.s390x.rpm glib2-devel-debuginfo-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.s390x.rpm glib2-fam-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.s390x.rpm glib2-fam-debuginfo-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.s390x.rpm glib2-tests-2.56.4-10.el8_4.1.s390x.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:3058-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3058
Issue date: 2021-08-10

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 impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue software update Red Hat Enterprise Linux integer overflow glib2

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

1929847 - CVE-2021-27218 glib: integer overflow in g_byte_array_new_take function when called with a buffer of 4GB or more on a 64-bit platform

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