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)
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 AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
Updated packages listed below:
Architecture |
Package |
Checksum |
i686 |
glib2-static-2.56.4-156.el8.i686.rpm |
523564a759339fa36b99580b94f7259473d46629207d2f9172d5b2c890243b61 |
noarch |
glib2-doc-2.56.4-156.el8.noarch.rpm |
9c1768046011f22363084ee89f74f1073bcbdbff0562e07a6b44000b73da21c7 |
x86_64 |
glib2-static-2.56.4-156.el8.x86_64.rpm |
ecaf979cc056761dfc48e9cb842312411e2118fcb69ffd8428c254281c509092 |