Security Vulnerabilities fixed in glib2 RHSA-2021:4385

Description

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): glib2: Possible privilege escalation thourgh pkexec and aliases (CVE-2021-3800) glib: g_file_replace() with G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION creates empty target for dangling symlink (CVE-2021-28153) glib2: Possible privilege escalation thourgh pkexec and aliases (CVE-2021-3800) glib: g_file_replace() with G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION creates empty target for dangling symlink (CVE-2021-28153) 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. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section. SolutionFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Applications

glib2

CVE References

CVE-2021-28153 CVE-2021-3800

Other References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4385