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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2021-27219) (Multiple Advisories): glib2 security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2021-27219) (Multiple Advisories): glib2 security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/15/2021
Created
06/03/2021
Added
06/01/2021
Modified
06/22/2021

Description

An issue was discovered in GNOME GLib before 2.66.6 and 2.67.x before 2.67.3. The function g_bytes_new has an integer overflow on 64-bit platforms due to an implicit cast from 64 bits to 32 bits. The overflow could potentially lead to memory corruption.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-glib2
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-glib2-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-glib2-doc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-glib2-fam
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-glib2-static
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-glib2-tests

References

  • ELSA-2021-9318
  • CVE-2021-27219
  • USN-4759-1

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