Resource Exhaustion Affecting glib2 package, versions <0:2.68.4-11.el9


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-GLIB2-12333768
  • published1 Sept 2025
  • disclosed14 Dec 2022

Introduced: 14 Dec 2022

CVE-2023-32665  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 glib2 to version 0:2.68.4-11.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:6631.

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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in GLib. GVariant deserialization is vulnerable to an exponential blowup issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1