USN-4014-2: GLib vulnerability

11 June 2019

GLib could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted file.

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Releases

USN-4014-1 fixed a vulnerability in GLib. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that GLib incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.

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The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

USN-4014-1: libglib2.0-bin, libglib2.0-0, glib2.0, libglib2.0-0-refdbg, libglib2.0-data, libglib2.0-tests, libglib2.0-udeb, libglib2.0-dev-bin, libglib2.0-dev, libglib2.0-doc

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