USN-4759-1: GLib vulnerabilities

8 March 2021

Several security issues were fixed in GLib.

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Releases

Packages

  • glib2.0 - GLib library of C routines

Details

Krzesimir Nowak discovered that GLib incorrectly handled certain large
buffers. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications
linked to GLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-27218)

Kevin Backhouse discovered that GLib incorrectly handled certain memory
allocations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications
linked to GLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-27219)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.10
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References

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