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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-3110-1 glib2.0 -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

15 Sep 2022

Affected Packages:

glib2.0

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-3800.

More information:

It was found that GLib, a general-purpose portable utility library, could be used to print partial contents from arbitrary files. This could be exploited from setuid binaries linking to GLib for information disclosure of files with a specific format.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 2.58.3-2+deb10u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your glib2.0 packages.

For the detailed security status of glib2.0 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/glib2.0

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS