Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2021-1655
Advisory Release Date: 2021-06-16 20:37 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2021-06-22 21:43 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
An issue was discovered in GNOME GLib before 2.66.6 and 2.67.x before 2.67.3. The function g_bytes_new has an integer overflow on 64-bit platforms due to an implicit cast from 64 bits to 32 bits. The overflow could potentially lead to memory corruption. (CVE-2021-27219)
Affected Packages:
glib2
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update glib2 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
glib2-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
glib2-fam-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
glib2-static-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
glib2-tests-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
i686:
glib2-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.1.i686
glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.1.i686
glib2-fam-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.1.i686
glib2-static-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.1.i686
glib2-tests-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.1.i686
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.1.i686
noarch:
glib2-doc-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.1.noarch
src:
glib2-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.1.src
x86_64:
glib2-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
glib2-fam-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
glib2-static-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
glib2-tests-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.1.x86_64