Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting glib2-fam package, versions <0:2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.8% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-GLIB2FAM-5740449
  • published27 Jun 2023
  • disclosed2 Dec 2015

Introduced: 2 Dec 2015

CVE-2015-8390  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 glib2-fam to version 0:2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2107.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glib2-fam package and not the glib2-fam package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the [: and \ substrings in character classes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

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