CVE-2021-3800

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-3800
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-08-23 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-04-25 15:42:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in glib before version 2.63.6. Due to random charset alias, pkexec can leak content from files owned by privileged users to unprivileged ones under the right condition.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Application Gnome Glib All All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - charset.alias in pkexec/glib/gnulib (was: glibc locale issues) MISC www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3110-1] glib2.0 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
CVE-2021-3800 GNOME GLib Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
libcharset: Drop a redundant environment variable (3529bb44) · Commits · GNOME / GLib · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org
1938284 – (CVE-2021-3800) CVE-2021-3800 glib2: Possible privilege escalation thourgh pkexec and aliases MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159502 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for glib2 (ELSA-2021-4385)
  • 180967 Debian Security Update for glib2.0 (CVE-2021-3800)
  • 181058 Debian Security Update for glib2.0 (DLA 3110-1)
  • 198602 Ubuntu Security Notification for GLib Vulnerability (USN-5189-1)
  • 239790 Red Hat Update for glib2 (RHSA-2021:4385)
  • 354922 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for glib2 : ALAS-2023-1742
  • 355330 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for glib2 : ALAS2-2023-2058
  • 672605 EulerOS Security Update for glib2 (EulerOS-SA-2023-1315)
  • 672726 EulerOS Security Update for glib2 (EulerOS-SA-2023-1503)
  • 751864 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for glib2 (SUSE-SU-2022:0828-1)
  • 903745 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for glib (10698)
  • 904760 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for glib (10698-1)
  • 940270 AlmaLinux Security Update for glib2 (ALSA-2021:4385)
  • 960672 Rocky Linux Security Update for glib2 (RLSA-2021:4385)
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