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.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: mingw-glib2 (2.66.7). (BZ#1935248, BZ#1939111)
Security Fix(es):
* glib: integer overflow in g_bytes_new function on 64-bit platforms due to an implicit cast from 64 bits to 32 bits (CVE-2021-27219)
* glib: integer overflow in g_byte_array_new_take function when called with a buffer of 4GB or more on a 64-bit platform (CVE-2021-27218)
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 |
noarch |
mingw32-glib2-static-2.66.7-2.el8.noarch.rpm |
208fe35c01e2e82107ef60dcee9e2ef01d5d5ff673a1e1a1835ada921d6739a8 |
noarch |
mingw64-glib2-2.66.7-2.el8.noarch.rpm |
4d622dca18355fb31ab2b1000ef264c55376804ff6edbe3cd556c55c00e285ce |
noarch |
mingw64-glib2-static-2.66.7-2.el8.noarch.rpm |
c92a26da15e994efdb1ed6d6c9b69ea5b98d6b82656719aee8c1d18633166a63 |
noarch |
mingw32-glib2-2.66.7-2.el8.noarch.rpm |
d8e0299876196e96c196d7a02c458f8f70559aa10c4d4a35e9346f862bee2fd7 |