Glib: integer overflow in glib gio attribute escaping causes heap buffer overflow

6.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

A flaw was found in glib. This vulnerability allows a heap buffer overflow and denial-of-service (DoS) via an integer overflow in GLib's GIO (GLib Input/Output) escape_byte_string() function when processing malicious file or remote filesystem attribute values.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Red Hat would like to thank Codean Labs for reporting this issue.

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

glib, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support, Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2, Red Hat Discovery 2, Red Hat Hardened Images, Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5, Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Vulnerable Versions:

0, 0:2.80.4-10.el10_1.13, 0:2.80.4-12.el10_2.13, 0:2.80.4-4.el10_0.9, 0:2.56.4-169.el8_10, 0:2.56.4-10.el8_4.5, 0:2.56.4-158.el8_6.5, 0:2.56.4-165.el8_8, 0:2.68.4-18.el9_7.2, 0:2.68.4-19.el9_8.1, 0:2.68.4-5.el9_0.5, 0:2.68.4-7.el9_2.5, 0:2.68.4-14.el9_4.6, 0:2.68.4-16.el9_6.5, 1780681984, 1782159791, 1782166952, 2.88.0-1.1.hum1, 1780420428, 1779798159, 1779798164, 1779798165, 1779798222