Information Exposure Affecting glib2 package, versions <0:2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.07% (31st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-GLIB2-5663289
- published 1 Jun 2023
- disclosed 23 Aug 2022
How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2
glib2
to version 0:2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2058
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glib2
package and not the glib2
package as distributed by Amazon-Linux
.
See How to fix?
for Amazon-Linux:2
relevant fixed versions and status.
A flaw was found in glib before version 2.63.6. Due to random charset alias, pkexec can leak content from files owned by privileged users to unprivileged ones under the right condition.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3800
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3800
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/23/8
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/commit/3529bb4450a51995
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1938284
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00020.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0004/