QID 355104

Date Published: 2023-05-25

QID 355104: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for glib2 : ALAS-2023-1749

Gnome glib 2.56.1 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in g_markup_parse_context_parse() in gmarkup.c, related to utf8_str(). (
( CVE-2018-16429)

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a securitybreach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.

Solution

Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS-2023-1749 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.

Vendor References

ALAS-2023-1749 - alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1749.html

CVEs related to QID 355104

CVE-2018-16429 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
ALAS-2023-1749	amazon linux		alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1749.html

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