gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-202311-18.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202311-18">
    <title>GLib: Multiple Vulnerabilities</title>
    <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GLib.</synopsis>
    <product type="ebuild">glib</product>
    <announced>2023-11-27</announced>
    <revised count="1">2023-11-27</revised>
    <bug>886197</bug>
    <bug>887807</bug>
    <access>remote</access>
    <affected>
        <package name="dev-libs/glib" auto="yes" arch="*">
            <unaffected range="ge">2.74.4</unaffected>
            <vulnerable range="lt">2.74.4</vulnerable>
        </package>
    </affected>
    <background>
        <p>GLib is a library providing a number of GNOME&#39;s core objects and functions.</p>
    </background>
    <description>
        <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GLib. Please review the referenced CVEs for details.</p>
    </description>
    <impact type="high">
        <p>GVariant deserialization is vulnerable to an exponential blowup issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service.

GVariant deserialization fails to validate that the input conforms to the expected format, leading to denial of service.

GVariant deserialization is vulnerable to a slowdown issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service.</p>
    </impact>
    <workaround>
        <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
    </workaround>
    <resolution>
        <p>All GLib users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
        
        <code>
          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/glib-2.74.4"
        </code>
    </resolution>
    <references>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29499">CVE-2023-29499</uri>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32611">CVE-2023-32611</uri>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32665">CVE-2023-32665</uri>
    </references>
    <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2023-11-27T12:24:33.325998Z">graaff</metadata>
    <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2023-11-27T12:24:33.328076Z">graaff</metadata>
</glsa>