CVE-2023-29499

Summary

CVECVE-2023-29499
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-09-14 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-27 14:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in GLib. GVariant deserialization fails to validate that the input conforms to the expected format, leading to denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Glib All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
2211828 – (CVE-2023-29499) CVE-2023-29499 glib: GVariant offset table entry size is not checked in is_normal() MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
(CVE-2023-29499) GVariant offset table entry size is not checked in is_normal() (#2794) · Issues · GNOME / GLib · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org
cve-details MISC access.redhat.com
CVE-2023-29499 Gnome Glib Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security MISC security.netapp.com
GLib: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202311-18) — Gentoo security security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 3583-1] glib2.0 security update MISC lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 161110 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for glib2 (ELSA-2023-6631)
  • 182751 Debian Security Update for glib2.0 (CVE-2023-29499)
  • 199417 Ubuntu Security Notification for GLib Vulnerabilities (USN-6165-1)
  • 199839 Ubuntu Security Notification for GLib Vulnerabilities (USN-6165-2)
  • 242293 Red Hat Update for glib2 (RHSA-2023:6631)
  • 284032 Fedora Security Update for mingw (FEDORA-2023-1a7e2b3dda)
  • 284071 Fedora Security Update for mingw (FEDORA-2023-9e5a29a25d)
  • 355458 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for glib2 : ALAS2023-2023-225
  • 6000090 Debian Security Update for glib2.0 (DLA 3583-1)
  • 673279 EulerOS Security Update for glib2 (EulerOS-SA-2023-2612)
  • 673293 EulerOS Security Update for glib2 (EulerOS-SA-2023-2582)
  • 710801 Gentoo Linux GLib Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202311-18)
  • 941370 AlmaLinux Security Update for glib2 (ALSA-2023:6631)
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