<p>Upgrade <code>Amazon-Linux:2</code> <code>glib2</code> to version 0:2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.6 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>ALAS2-2023-2107</code>.</p>

Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting glib2 package, versions <0:2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.6

Snyk CVSS

Attack Complexity Low

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS 2.82% (91^st percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-GLIB2-5740463
published 27 Jun 2023
disclosed 2 Dec 2015

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Introduced: 2 Dec 2015

CVE-2015-8390 Open this link in a new tab CWE-908 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 glib2 to version 0:2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2107.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glib2 package and not the glib2 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the [: and \ substrings in character classes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.