ALAS2-2021-1711

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-27218  

An issue was discovered in GNOME GLib before 2.66.7 and 2.67.x before 2.67.4. If g_byte_array_new_take() was called with a buffer of 4GB or more on a 64-bit platform, the length would be truncated modulo 2**32, causing unintended length truncation. (CVE-2021-27218)

ALAS2-2021-1711


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2021-1711
Advisory Release Date: 2021-10-04 20:15 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2021-10-06 20:24 Pacific
Severity: Medium
References: CVE-2021-27218 

Issue Overview:

An issue was discovered in GNOME GLib before 2.66.7 and 2.67.x before 2.67.4. If g_byte_array_new_take() was called with a buffer of 4GB or more on a 64-bit platform, the length would be truncated modulo 2**32, causing unintended length truncation. (CVE-2021-27218)


Affected Packages:

glib2


Issue Correction:
Run yum update glib2 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    glib2-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    glib2-fam-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    glib2-static-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    glib2-tests-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.2.aarch64

i686:
    glib2-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.2.i686
    glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.2.i686
    glib2-fam-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.2.i686
    glib2-static-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.2.i686
    glib2-tests-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.2.i686
    glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.2.i686

noarch:
    glib2-doc-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.2.noarch

src:
    glib2-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.2.src

x86_64:
    glib2-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    glib2-fam-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    glib2-static-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    glib2-tests-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.2.x86_64