Product Errata

RLSA-2021:2170

Important: glib2 security and bug fix update

Topic

An update is available for glib2.

This update affects Rocky Linux 8.

A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list

Description

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: integer overflow in g_bytes_new function on 64-bit platforms due to an implicit cast from 64 bits to 32 bits (CVE-2021-27219)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

* Refcounting issue causes crashes and slow workarounds (BZ#1953553)

Issued: 6/1/2021

Type: Security

Severity: Important

Affected Product

  • Rocky Linux 8

Fixes

CVEs

References

  • No references