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Posted on 15 November 2022
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Low: mingw-glib2 security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:8418-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8418
Issue date: 2022-11-15
CVE Names: CVE-2021-28153
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1. Summary:
An update for mingw-glib2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Low. 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. 9) - noarch
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):
* glib: g_file_replace() with G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION creates
empty target for dangling symlink (CVE-2021-28153)
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 9.1 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/):
1938291 - CVE-2021-28153 glib: g_file_replace() with G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION creates empty target for dangling symlink
2116278 - Rebuild mingw-glib2 after update mingw-zlib
6. Package List:
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9):
Source:
mingw-glib2-2.70.1-2.el9.src.rpm
noarch:
mingw32-glib2-2.70.1-2.el9.noarch.rpm
mingw32-glib2-debuginfo-2.70.1-2.el9.noarch.rpm
mingw32-glib2-static-2.70.1-2.el9.noarch.rpm
mingw64-glib2-2.70.1-2.el9.noarch.rpm
mingw64-glib2-debuginfo-2.70.1-2.el9.noarch.rpm
mingw64-glib2-static-2.70.1-2.el9.noarch.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-2021-28153
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.1_release_notes/index
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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