ALAS2-2023-2058


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2058
Advisory Release Date: 2023-05-25 17:41 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-06-01 23:37 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

A flaw was found in glib before version 2.63.6. Due to random charset alias, pkexec can leak content from files owned by privileged users to unprivileged ones under the right condition. (CVE-2021-3800)


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.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
    glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
    glib2-fam-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
    glib2-static-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
    glib2-tests-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5.aarch64
    glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5.aarch64

i686:
    glib2-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5.i686
    glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5.i686
    glib2-fam-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5.i686
    glib2-static-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5.i686
    glib2-tests-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5.i686
    glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5.i686

noarch:
    glib2-doc-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5.noarch

src:
    glib2-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5.src

x86_64:
    glib2-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
    glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
    glib2-fam-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
    glib2-static-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
    glib2-tests-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5.x86_64
    glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.amzn2.0.5.x86_64