Lack of data validation In glib2
Description
A flaw was found in glib, where the gvariant deserialization code is vulnerable to a denial of service introduced by additional input validation added to resolve CVE-2023-29499. The offset table validation may be very slow. This bug does not affect any released version of glib but does affect glib distributors who followed the guidance of glib developers to backport the initial fix for CVE-2023-29499.
Mitigation
Update Impact
Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.
Ecosystem | Package | Affected version | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|---|
 rpm rhel6 | - | - | |
rpm rhel7 | - | - | |
rpm rhel8 | - | - | |
rpm rhel9 | - | - | |
rpm rhel9 | 0:2.78.0-1.el9 |
Aliases
1. 2. 3.