RedHat: RHSA-2022-8418:01 Low: mingw-glib2 security and bug fix update
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: g_file_replace() with G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION creates
empty target for dangling symlink (CVE-2021-28153)
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 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Summary
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
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-28153 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.1_release_notes/index
Package List
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9):
Source:
mingw-glib2-2.70.1-2.el9.src.rpm
noarch:
mingw32-glib2-2.70.1-2.el9.noarch.rpm
mingw32-glib2-debuginfo-2.70.1-2.el9.noarch.rpm
mingw32-glib2-static-2.70.1-2.el9.noarch.rpm
mingw64-glib2-2.70.1-2.el9.noarch.rpm
mingw64-glib2-debuginfo-2.70.1-2.el9.noarch.rpm
mingw64-glib2-static-2.70.1-2.el9.noarch.rpm
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details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for mingw-glib2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. 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.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) - noarch
Bugs Fixed
1938291 - CVE-2021-28153 glib: g_file_replace() with G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION creates empty target for dangling symlink
2116278 - Rebuild mingw-glib2 after update mingw-zlib
