Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting glib2 package, versions <0:2.56.4-10.el8_4.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.98% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-GLIB2-4074920
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Feb 2021

Introduced: 10 Feb 2021

CVE-2021-27218  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 glib2 to version 0:2.56.4-10.el8_4.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:3058.

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 2.66.7 and 2.67.x before 2.67.4. If g_byte_array_new_take() was called with a buffer of 4GB or more on a 64-bit platform, the length would be truncated modulo 2**32, causing unintended length truncation.

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