CVE-2021-3800

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    CVE-2021-3800

    Published: 23 Aug 2022Last Modified: 26 Sept 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A flaw was found in glib before version 2.63.6. Due to random charset alias, pkexec can leak content from files owned by privileged users to unprivileged ones under the right condition.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3800, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00020.html, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0004/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1938284, https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/commit/3529bb4450a51995, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/23/8

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -86c2832f950c389e230ec09c8bf0b92b475f0ee3

    Affected versions

    2.63.5
    2.63.4
    2.63.3
    2.63.2
    2.63.1
    2.63.0

    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
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