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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-12450: Security patch for glib2 (ALAS-2019-1256)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-12450: Security patch for glib2 (ALAS-2019-1256)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/29/2019
Created
08/15/2019
Added
08/13/2019
Modified
08/13/2019

Description

file_copy_fallback in gio/gfile.c in GNOME GLib 2.15.0 through 2.61.1 does not properly restrict file permissions while a copy operation is in progress. Instead, default permissions are used.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-glib2

References

  • ALAS-2019-1256
  • USN-4014-1
  • USN-4014-2
  • CVE-2019-12450

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