ALSA-2021:4385

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / ALSA-2021:4385

    ALSA-2021:4385

    Published: 9 Nov 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Moderate: glib2 security and bug fix update

    Details: 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): * glib2: Possible privilege escalation thourgh pkexec and aliases (CVE-2021-3800) * glib: g_file_replace() with G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION creates empty target for dangling symlink (CVE-2021-28153) 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. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: glib2-doc

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/glib2-doc

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.56.4-156.el8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    ALSA-2021:4385 | CVE-DB