CVE-2023-32611

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    CVE-2023-32611

    Published: 14 Sept 2023Last Modified: 26 Sept 2026

    Summary: G_variant_byteswap() can take a long time with some non-normal inputs

    Details: 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.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00030.html, https://packages.fedoraproject.org/, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32611, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/32xxx/CVE-2023-32611.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32611, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-18, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231027-0005/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2211829, https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2797

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -b5299ed2055aa3ccd628aceb016c1e9bda516e39

    Affected versions

    2.74.1
    2.74.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
    None
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