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Medium RLSA-2021:3058 1 CVE

Moderate: glib2 security update

Published Aug 10, 2021 · Updated Feb 4, 2026

Summary

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: integer overflow in g_byte_array_new_take function when called with a buffer of 4GB or more on a 64-bit platform (CVE-2021-27218)

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.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 glib2 0:2.56.4-10.el8_4.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1929847