Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types Affecting glib2.0 package, versions <2.58.3-2+deb10u3
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.42% (74th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-GLIB20-1075027
- published 16 Feb 2021
- disclosed 15 Feb 2021
Introduced: 15 Feb 2021
CVE-2021-27219 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
glib2.0
to version 2.58.3-2+deb10u3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glib2.0
package and not the glib2.0
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in GNOME GLib before 2.66.6 and 2.67.x before 2.67.3. The function g_bytes_new has an integer overflow on 64-bit platforms due to an implicit cast from 64 bits to 32 bits. The overflow could potentially lead to memory corruption.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-27219
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210319-0004/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2REA7RVKN7ZHRLJOEGBRQKJIPZQPAELZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JJMPNDO4GDVURYQFYKFOWY5HAF4FTEPN/
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2319
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772@%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-13
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00006.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2REA7RVKN7ZHRLJOEGBRQKJIPZQPAELZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JJMPNDO4GDVURYQFYKFOWY5HAF4FTEPN/