CVE-2020-6750 Affecting glib package, versions [2.60.0,2.62.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GLIB-2382556
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 Jan 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Jan 2020

CVE-2020-6750  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade glib to version 2.62.5 or higher.

Overview

GSocketClient in GNOME GLib through 2.62.4 may occasionally connect directly to a target address instead of connecting via a proxy server when configured to do so, because the proxy_addr field is mishandled. This bug is timing-dependent and may occur only sporadically depending on network delays. The greatest security relevance is in use cases where a proxy is used to help with privacy/anonymity, even though there is no technical barrier to a direct connection. NOTE: versions before 2.60 are unaffected.

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