CVE-2023-32636

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    CVE-2023-32636

    Published: 14 Sept 2023Last Modified: 26 Sept 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A flaw was found in glib, where the gvariant deserialization code is vulnerable to a denial of service introduced by additional input validation added to resolve CVE-2023-29499. The offset table validation may be very slow. This bug does not affect any released version of glib but does affect glib distributors who followed the guidance of glib developers to backport the initial fix for CVE-2023-29499.

    References: https://https://discourse.gnome.org/t/multiple-fixes-for-gvariant-normalisation-issues-in-glib/12835, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/32xxx/CVE-2023-32636.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32636, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231110-0002/, https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2841

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -e35768fe299d6389f8f5eef15593762389d2c07d

    Affected versions

    2.75.1

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