SUSE-SU-2018:3913-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:3913-1

    Published: 26 Nov 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for glib2

    Details: This update for glib2 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2018-16428: Do not do a NULL pointer dereference (crash). Avoid that, at the cost of introducing a new translatable error message (bsc#1107121). - CVE-2018-16429: Fixed out-of-bounds read vulnerability ing_markup_parse_context_parse() (bsc#1107116). Non-security issue fixed: - various GVariant parsing issues have been resolved (bsc#1111499)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20183913-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1107116, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1107121, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1111499, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16428, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16429

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: glib2

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/glib2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.54.3-4.7.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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