Bug 2211829 (CVE-2023-32611) - CVE-2023-32611 glib: g_variant_byteswap() can take a long time with some non-normal inputs
Summary: CVE-2023-32611 glib: g_variant_byteswap() can take a long time with some non-...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-32611
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2212711 2212708 2212709 2212710 2212712 2212713 2212714 2212715 2212716
Blocks: 2160453
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Reported: 2023-06-02 07:20 UTC by Dhananjay Arunesh
Modified: 2024-04-30 11:02 UTC (History)
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A flaw was found in GLib. GVariant deserialization is vulnerable to a slowdown issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service.
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:6631 0 None None None 2023-11-07 08:22:15 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:2528 0 None None None 2024-04-30 11:02:48 UTC

Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2023-06-02 07:20:07 UTC 
GLib's GVariant deserialization prior to GLib 2.74.4 is vulnerable to a slowdown issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service.

References:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2797
Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2023-06-06 07:22:38 UTC 
Created glib tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2212708]


Created glib2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-37 [bug 2212709]
Affects: fedora-38 [bug 2212711]


Created mingw-glib2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-37 [bug 2212710]
Affects: fedora-38 [bug 2212712]
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-07 08:22:14 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:6631 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6631
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2024-04-30 11:02:46 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:2528 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2528
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