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

Packages

  • glib2.0 - GLib Input, Output and Streaming Library (fam module)

Details

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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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04
Ubuntu 12.04

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

References

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