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RedHat======================================================================= Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: glib2 security, bug fix, and enhancement updat=e
Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:3530-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3530
Issue date: 2019-11-05
CVE Names: CVE-2019-12450
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1. Summary:
An update for glib2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x=86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
GLib provides the core application building blocks for libraries and
applications written in C. It provides the core object system used in
GNOME, the main loop implementation, and a large set of utility functions
for strings and common data structures.
Security Fix(es):
* glib2: file_copy_fallback in gio/gfile.c in GNOME GLib does not properly
restrict file permissions while a copy operation is in progress
(CVE-2019-12450)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1630260 - Removal of component glib2 or its crypto from RHEL
1713081 - [glib2] possible memory leak in Gnome
1715951 - Backport per-desktop GSettings overrides for 3.32 rebase
1719141 - CVE-2019-12450 glib2: file_copy_fallback in gio/gfile.c in GNOME =GLib does not properly restrict file permissions while a copy operation is =in progress
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source:
glib2-2.56.4-7.el8.src.rpm
aarch64:
glib2-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm
glib2-debugsource-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm
glib2-devel-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm
glib2-devel-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm
glib2-fam-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm
glib2-fam-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm
glib2-tests-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm
glib2-tests-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
glib2-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm
glib2-debugsource-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm
glib2-devel-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm
glib2-devel-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm
glib2-fam-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm
glib2-fam-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm
glib2-tests-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm
glib2-tests-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
glib2-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm
glib2-debugsource-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm
glib2-devel-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm
glib2-devel-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm
glib2-fam-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm
glib2-fam-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm
glib2-tests-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm
glib2-tests-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
glib2-2.56.4-7.el8.i686.rpm
glib2-2.56.4-7.el8.x86_64.rpm
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.i686.rpm
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.x86_64.rpm
glib2-debugsource-2.56.4-7.el8.i686.rpm
glib2-debugsource-2.56.4-7.el8.x86_64.rpm
glib2-devel-2.56.4-7.el8.i686.rpm
glib2-devel-2.56.4-7.el8.x86_64.rpm
glib2-devel-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.i686.rpm
glib2-devel-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.x86_64.rpm
glib2-fam-2.56.4-7.el8.x86_64.rpm
glib2-fam-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.i686.rpm
glib2-fam-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.x86_64.rpm
glib2-tests-2.56.4-7.el8.x86_64.rpm
glib2-tests-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.i686.rpm
glib2-tests-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8):
aarch64:
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm
glib2-debugsource-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm
glib2-devel-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm
glib2-fam-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm
glib2-static-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm
glib2-tests-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
glib2-doc-2.56.4-7.el8.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm
glib2-debugsource-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm
glib2-devel-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm
glib2-fam-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm
glib2-static-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm
glib2-tests-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm
glib2-debugsource-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm
glib2-devel-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm
glib2-fam-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm
glib2-static-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm
glib2-tests-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.i686.rpm
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.x86_64.rpm
glib2-debugsource-2.56.4-7.el8.i686.rpm
glib2-debugsource-2.56.4-7.el8.x86_64.rpm
glib2-devel-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.i686.rpm
glib2-devel-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.x86_64.rpm
glib2-fam-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.i686.rpm
glib2-fam-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.x86_64.rpm
glib2-static-2.56.4-7.el8.i686.rpm
glib2-static-2.56.4-7.el8.x86_64.rpm
glib2-tests-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.i686.rpm
glib2-tests-debuginfo-2.56.4-7.el8.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12450
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/ht=ml/8.1_release_notes/
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
