USN-6165-2

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    USN-6165-2

    Published: 19 Oct 2023Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: glib2.0 vulnerabilities

    Details: USN-6165-1 fixed vulnerabilities in GLib. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that GLib incorrectly handled non-normal GVariants. An attacker could use this issue to cause GLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or perform other unknown attacks.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6165-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-29499, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-32611, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-32636, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-32643, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-32665

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: glib2.0

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/glib2.0?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.40.2-0ubuntu1.1+esm6

    Affected versions

    2.38.0-1ubuntu1
    2.38.1-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Integrity
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    Availability
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    USN-6165-2 | CVE-DB