Information Exposure Affecting mingw32-glib2 package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.07% (33rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-MINGW32GLIB2-1728463
- published 6 Oct 2021
- disclosed 4 Mar 2021
How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 mingw32-glib2.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mingw32-glib2 package and not the mingw32-glib2 package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 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
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3800
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4385
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1938284
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/commit/3529bb4450a51995
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00020.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0004/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/23/8
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