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
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
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.amzn2.0.2.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