Information disclosure in Gnome GLib - CVE-2021-3800

 

Information disclosure in Gnome GLib - CVE-2021-3800

Published: July 28, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU65849
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3800
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.


Affected software

Gnome GLib
Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Ubuntu
Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S)
RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes
Red Hat OpenStack
Dell Policy Manager for Secure Connect Gateway (SCG)
Migration Toolkit for Containers
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless
glib2
libglib2.0-0 (Ubuntu package)
libglib2.0-bin (Ubuntu package)
libglib2.0-data (Ubuntu package)
libglib2.0-dev (Ubuntu package)
glib2 (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2021-3800

Install updates from vendor's website.

Gnome GLib - update to 2.63.6
Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) - update to 1.10.7.0
Dell Secure Connect Gateway - update to 5.12.00.10
Dell Policy Manager for Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) - update to 5.12.00.00
RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines - update to 6.0 SP2 P1
Migration Toolkit for Containers - update to 1.5.4
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless - update to 1.20.0
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes - update to 2.2.10
glib2 - update to 2.36.3-5.23
libglib2.0-0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.56.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.9, 2.64.6-1~ubuntu20.04.3
libglib2.0-bin (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.56.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.9
libglib2.0-data (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.56.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.9
libglib2.0-dev (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.56.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.9
glib2 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.56.4-156.el8
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes - update to 3.67
Red Hat OpenStack - update to 16.2

External References

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