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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:2147 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2021-05-31
Updated:
2021-05-31

RHSA-2021:2147 - Security Advisory

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  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Important: glib2 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for glib2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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):

  • 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)

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.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

  • BZ - 1929858 - CVE-2021-27219 glib: integer overflow in g_bytes_new function on 64-bit platforms due to an implicit cast from 64 bits to 32 bits

CVEs

  • CVE-2021-27219

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
glib2-2.56.1-9.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: e85e36ea15e4dea618cc7fe73d6f36f5ca016c3a773ffa4fc01eb1c31fc779a6
x86_64
glib2-2.56.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4bad33e0880acc75a63301c089c83097e8218fc99a83f88cbff4a2b25683b1cb
glib2-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6d706563ec77a89f8fc17056413e2ae250ca4abdb90c574aa44066e8d4375f19
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2bc26767498c72cfd838bdf4284a6f0adaf9a007819d86335fc2c59f5dc67883
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2bc26767498c72cfd838bdf4284a6f0adaf9a007819d86335fc2c59f5dc67883
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7167388013fb8574bb360c3e216e3c707352d76f675aea6f02f12f1890be61cb
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7167388013fb8574bb360c3e216e3c707352d76f675aea6f02f12f1890be61cb
glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3d938dd028f1f4b38f278038ad4a3000b41fcadd0da79ac9b6b4156dc0240fca
glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c33b47fa5635db895ae2850313991845594af72939a33ad64169e2f5c36c4e58
glib2-doc-2.56.1-9.el7_9.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 29772a181e63527d0c25bc9eaa8df73b595a3904fcd861b1387ad2aafb55f561
glib2-fam-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9373d09bc37bb13c4837a078aa819166e875dce1f673822db8631f802806360d
glib2-static-2.56.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1a0e5fd532629cdbce0c9b716314b0e093c1da61a5595a9f86607ee2a6890b75
glib2-static-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 57ec70f8da9c9fdce30407db1dfbd63fde77b199ed1b0171a55c4ec6ab975069
glib2-tests-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30d92db1025c72ad8880b7fed53adbbfd94e28a74c4ff156a63b5affd707c044

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
glib2-2.56.1-9.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: e85e36ea15e4dea618cc7fe73d6f36f5ca016c3a773ffa4fc01eb1c31fc779a6
x86_64
glib2-2.56.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4bad33e0880acc75a63301c089c83097e8218fc99a83f88cbff4a2b25683b1cb
glib2-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6d706563ec77a89f8fc17056413e2ae250ca4abdb90c574aa44066e8d4375f19
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2bc26767498c72cfd838bdf4284a6f0adaf9a007819d86335fc2c59f5dc67883
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2bc26767498c72cfd838bdf4284a6f0adaf9a007819d86335fc2c59f5dc67883
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7167388013fb8574bb360c3e216e3c707352d76f675aea6f02f12f1890be61cb
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7167388013fb8574bb360c3e216e3c707352d76f675aea6f02f12f1890be61cb
glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3d938dd028f1f4b38f278038ad4a3000b41fcadd0da79ac9b6b4156dc0240fca
glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c33b47fa5635db895ae2850313991845594af72939a33ad64169e2f5c36c4e58
glib2-doc-2.56.1-9.el7_9.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 29772a181e63527d0c25bc9eaa8df73b595a3904fcd861b1387ad2aafb55f561
glib2-fam-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9373d09bc37bb13c4837a078aa819166e875dce1f673822db8631f802806360d
glib2-static-2.56.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1a0e5fd532629cdbce0c9b716314b0e093c1da61a5595a9f86607ee2a6890b75
glib2-static-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 57ec70f8da9c9fdce30407db1dfbd63fde77b199ed1b0171a55c4ec6ab975069
glib2-tests-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30d92db1025c72ad8880b7fed53adbbfd94e28a74c4ff156a63b5affd707c044

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
glib2-2.56.1-9.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: e85e36ea15e4dea618cc7fe73d6f36f5ca016c3a773ffa4fc01eb1c31fc779a6
x86_64
glib2-2.56.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4bad33e0880acc75a63301c089c83097e8218fc99a83f88cbff4a2b25683b1cb
glib2-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6d706563ec77a89f8fc17056413e2ae250ca4abdb90c574aa44066e8d4375f19
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2bc26767498c72cfd838bdf4284a6f0adaf9a007819d86335fc2c59f5dc67883
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2bc26767498c72cfd838bdf4284a6f0adaf9a007819d86335fc2c59f5dc67883
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7167388013fb8574bb360c3e216e3c707352d76f675aea6f02f12f1890be61cb
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7167388013fb8574bb360c3e216e3c707352d76f675aea6f02f12f1890be61cb
glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3d938dd028f1f4b38f278038ad4a3000b41fcadd0da79ac9b6b4156dc0240fca
glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c33b47fa5635db895ae2850313991845594af72939a33ad64169e2f5c36c4e58
glib2-doc-2.56.1-9.el7_9.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 29772a181e63527d0c25bc9eaa8df73b595a3904fcd861b1387ad2aafb55f561
glib2-fam-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9373d09bc37bb13c4837a078aa819166e875dce1f673822db8631f802806360d
glib2-static-2.56.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1a0e5fd532629cdbce0c9b716314b0e093c1da61a5595a9f86607ee2a6890b75
glib2-static-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 57ec70f8da9c9fdce30407db1dfbd63fde77b199ed1b0171a55c4ec6ab975069
glib2-tests-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30d92db1025c72ad8880b7fed53adbbfd94e28a74c4ff156a63b5affd707c044

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
glib2-2.56.1-9.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: e85e36ea15e4dea618cc7fe73d6f36f5ca016c3a773ffa4fc01eb1c31fc779a6
s390x
glib2-2.56.1-9.el7_9.s390.rpm SHA-256: 02c8dd6c9b96dc25fcf71dd13adf757b7604df2657563f1f681505d1a4b1ef9d
glib2-2.56.1-9.el7_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 48e2ce509b9cc7ce3924efa0f94da55e4d7ec3b52eb50dabb241fa29448f88ae
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.s390.rpm SHA-256: 7ef63b667ac6d92e97e56d4765f72c39136fd3238df76290573f87c51575154e
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.s390.rpm SHA-256: 7ef63b667ac6d92e97e56d4765f72c39136fd3238df76290573f87c51575154e
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a4fff227d29dabc5ad92f55c776b49c87ed24fd7854269fe5748f85eca3462d8
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a4fff227d29dabc5ad92f55c776b49c87ed24fd7854269fe5748f85eca3462d8
glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.el7_9.s390.rpm SHA-256: dc0e40ee646296200e1f7372d32720e7bd2bd94d620bb5cb8b60278942abbc52
glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.el7_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ba3ac40bb12c7db1e9bd734a7e38f0be3344b39724381b990b8aea68d6407559
glib2-doc-2.56.1-9.el7_9.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 29772a181e63527d0c25bc9eaa8df73b595a3904fcd861b1387ad2aafb55f561
glib2-fam-2.56.1-9.el7_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: d42ccf0fbd15bfeae4d5c22cebbedda6deb623b65bbdee64f680ac1994eff82f
glib2-static-2.56.1-9.el7_9.s390.rpm SHA-256: d7b8d14c0bd11de990c001d0c47b4a10048f456f405ce5ae40df605fc858c5b7
glib2-static-2.56.1-9.el7_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a58c444880f4825c498ffecc9ffccb9444d4afbc1778409c3f282c75aae9874f
glib2-tests-2.56.1-9.el7_9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a49d056b4761432e4d09a2955f5a09b032a0955f6e80d4104fdede5b51c121e3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
glib2-2.56.1-9.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: e85e36ea15e4dea618cc7fe73d6f36f5ca016c3a773ffa4fc01eb1c31fc779a6
ppc64
glib2-2.56.1-9.el7_9.ppc.rpm SHA-256: e5216bb22f2b27db9a49f4a52ced500b86b4d93410fa86c4c27da2a49b271c20
glib2-2.56.1-9.el7_9.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 171421f81d0f339cdef00c73e1d73d431b7c8d0d3af29c5960f20ba8f6e2f6e5
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.ppc.rpm SHA-256: dc9315a61346dd0e2b80602b773c07ba804739acfec59e5ddb6e761478d32e84
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.ppc.rpm SHA-256: dc9315a61346dd0e2b80602b773c07ba804739acfec59e5ddb6e761478d32e84
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: bb90bc7ff98c2c08435b5b25a4a5aafd7341a2bcb8dc446c4a4bc129fe2fdd05
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: bb90bc7ff98c2c08435b5b25a4a5aafd7341a2bcb8dc446c4a4bc129fe2fdd05
glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.el7_9.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 58012341f323ec9abd40c7e4d3e0c0da2fea2afd5e6e73f65fadaf9babd75a79
glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.el7_9.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: c961a866fd7fd5393ca7d9689ae957632896bb265435590097b36c69bfcf9fad
glib2-doc-2.56.1-9.el7_9.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 29772a181e63527d0c25bc9eaa8df73b595a3904fcd861b1387ad2aafb55f561
glib2-fam-2.56.1-9.el7_9.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: bfa638ba3cf3e38d9d51e73eb55b789a32cd7bcecf65545f5b19f0cb9d75fc2c
glib2-static-2.56.1-9.el7_9.ppc.rpm SHA-256: ab58798964388809bea8c960c8d9b562f7984aacba304a7d2db8a87f3c2e7775
glib2-static-2.56.1-9.el7_9.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: e6a6ec1a0ef19aa78c4c38709b093e71a9660d46f4849b460fd764110b67d397
glib2-tests-2.56.1-9.el7_9.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 35fc074c19705e442a690b90eed3d3a9add015b80288c968a4360c1823b7828d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
glib2-2.56.1-9.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: e85e36ea15e4dea618cc7fe73d6f36f5ca016c3a773ffa4fc01eb1c31fc779a6
x86_64
glib2-2.56.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4bad33e0880acc75a63301c089c83097e8218fc99a83f88cbff4a2b25683b1cb
glib2-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6d706563ec77a89f8fc17056413e2ae250ca4abdb90c574aa44066e8d4375f19
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2bc26767498c72cfd838bdf4284a6f0adaf9a007819d86335fc2c59f5dc67883
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2bc26767498c72cfd838bdf4284a6f0adaf9a007819d86335fc2c59f5dc67883
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7167388013fb8574bb360c3e216e3c707352d76f675aea6f02f12f1890be61cb
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7167388013fb8574bb360c3e216e3c707352d76f675aea6f02f12f1890be61cb
glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3d938dd028f1f4b38f278038ad4a3000b41fcadd0da79ac9b6b4156dc0240fca
glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c33b47fa5635db895ae2850313991845594af72939a33ad64169e2f5c36c4e58
glib2-doc-2.56.1-9.el7_9.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 29772a181e63527d0c25bc9eaa8df73b595a3904fcd861b1387ad2aafb55f561
glib2-fam-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9373d09bc37bb13c4837a078aa819166e875dce1f673822db8631f802806360d
glib2-static-2.56.1-9.el7_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1a0e5fd532629cdbce0c9b716314b0e093c1da61a5595a9f86607ee2a6890b75
glib2-static-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 57ec70f8da9c9fdce30407db1dfbd63fde77b199ed1b0171a55c4ec6ab975069
glib2-tests-2.56.1-9.el7_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30d92db1025c72ad8880b7fed53adbbfd94e28a74c4ff156a63b5affd707c044

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
glib2-2.56.1-9.el7_9.src.rpm SHA-256: e85e36ea15e4dea618cc7fe73d6f36f5ca016c3a773ffa4fc01eb1c31fc779a6
ppc64le
glib2-2.56.1-9.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 6f2c896d06bfc1de8e338c98d49aa3921c58bff38d86e3ce32b11df7e6b54691
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 11c164f7b136e8a9e093bc121211e2b9e13c1ea4b505929e52d204a33581a707
glib2-debuginfo-2.56.1-9.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 11c164f7b136e8a9e093bc121211e2b9e13c1ea4b505929e52d204a33581a707
glib2-devel-2.56.1-9.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 1cb798f25cc7a8f355e106f85bcb1ecdc4467628ee8cfdc7ae46d29bdf7cf7c2
glib2-doc-2.56.1-9.el7_9.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 29772a181e63527d0c25bc9eaa8df73b595a3904fcd861b1387ad2aafb55f561
glib2-fam-2.56.1-9.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 819454acb08d5f616f47b5e960bd2ee511a123e4d195851710d1d6a49cbec63c
glib2-static-2.56.1-9.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: c5905fff05308eabc674c0222f26a4b6cf1f92476f4672dc08762806a3b9863c
glib2-tests-2.56.1-9.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: acf361df8d440ccdbbe7465849083ca09c8430c606d89c8052b068f051ebad1d

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