Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting glib2 package, versions <0:2.56.4-8.el8_2.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-GLIB2-3912396
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Feb 2021

Introduced: 4 Feb 2021

CVE-2021-27219  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 glib2 to version 0:2.56.4-8.el8_2.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:2171.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glib2 package and not the glib2 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in GNOME GLib before 2.66.6 and 2.67.x before 2.67.3. The function g_bytes_new has an integer overflow on 64-bit platforms due to an implicit cast from 64 bits to 32 bits. The overflow could potentially lead to memory corruption.

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