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Ubuntu: USN-5189-1 (CVE-2021-3800): GLib vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-5189-1 (CVE-2021-3800): GLib vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/16/2021
Created
12/28/2021
Added
12/15/2021
Modified
01/28/2025

Description

A flaw was found in glib before version 2.63.6. Due to random charset alias, pkexec can leak content from files owned by privileged users to unprivileged ones under the right condition.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libglib2-0-0
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libglib2-0-bin
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libglib2-0-data
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libglib2-0-dev

References

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