USN-6165-1: GLib vulnerabilities
14 June 2023
Several security issues were fixed in GLib.
Releases
Packages
- glib2.0 - GLib library of C routines
Details
It was discovered that GLib incorrectly handled non-normal GVariants. An
attacker could use this issue to cause GLib to crash, resulting in a denial
of service, or perform other unknown attacks.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 22.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Related notices
- USN-6165-2: libglib2.0-0-refdbg, libglib2.0-doc, libglib2.0-dev-bin, glib2.0, libglib2.0-0, libglib2.0-bin, libglib2.0-dev, libglib2.0-tests, libglib2.0-data