A flaw was found in glib, where the gvariant deserialization code is vulnerable to a denial of service introduced by additional input validation added to resolve CVE-2023-29499. The offset table validation may be very slow. This bug does not affect any released version of glib but does affect glib distributors who followed the guidance of glib developers to backport the initial fix for CVE-2023-29499.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.7
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade mingw64-glib2-staticUpgrade mingw32-glib2Upgrade mingw32-glib2-staticUpgrade mingw64-glib2 | May 8, 2024 | Sep 14, 2023 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade glib | Mar 21, 2024 | Sep 14, 2023 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade glib2-famUpgrade glib2Upgrade glib2-docUpgrade glib2-testsUpgrade glib2-develUpgrade glib2-staticUpgrade glib2-debuginfo | Feb 26, 2025 | Sep 14, 2023 |
| Azul Zulu | — | Upgrade Azul Zulu to the latest version | Apr 19, 2024 | Sep 14, 2023 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade glib2 | Aug 9, 2023 | Aug 8, 2023 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade mingw64-glib2Upgrade mingw64-glib2-staticUpgrade mingw32-glib2-staticUpgrade mingw32-glib2 | May 7, 2024 | Dec 14, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade mingw32-glib2Upgrade mingw32-glib2-staticUpgrade mingw64-glib2-staticUpgrade mingw64-glib2-debuginfoUpgrade mingw32-glib2-debuginfoNo solution existsUpgrade mingw64-glib2 | May 1, 2024 | Sep 14, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade glib2-develUpgrade libglib-2_0-0-32bitUpgrade libglib-2_0-0Upgrade libgio-2_0-0Upgrade glib2-langUpgrade libgmodule-2_0-0-32bitUpgrade glib2-toolsUpgrade libgobject-2_0-0Upgrade libgmodule-2_0-0Upgrade libgio-2_0-0-32bitUpgrade libgthread-2_0-0Upgrade libgobject-2_0-0-32bit | Sep 6, 2023 | Sep 5, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libglib2.0-0Upgrade libglib2.0-0 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libglib2.0-bin (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libglib2.0-bin | Jun 15, 2023 | Jun 14, 2023 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Sep 14, 2023 |
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