USN-6165-1: GLib vulnerabilities

Publication date

14 June 2023

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in GLib.


Packages

  • glib2.0 - GLib library of C routines

Details

It was discovered that GLib incorrectly handled non-normal GVariants. An
attacker could use this issue to cause GLib to crash, resulting in a denial
of service, or perform other unknown attacks.

It was discovered that GLib incorrectly handled non-normal GVariants. An
attacker could use this issue to cause GLib to crash, resulting in a denial
of service, or perform other unknown attacks.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:


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