Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-27219: ELSA-2021-2170: glib2 security and bug fix update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Description

An issue was discovered in GNOME GLib before 2.66.6 and 2.67.x before 2.67.3. The function g_bytes_new has an integer overflow on 64-bit platforms due to an implicit cast from 64 bits to 32 bits. The overflow could potentially lead to memory corruption. An integer wraparound was discovered in glib due to passing a 64 bit sized value to function g_memdup() which accepts a 32 bits number as argument. An attacker may abuse this flaw when an application linked against the glib library uses g_bytes_new() function or possibly other functions that use g_memdup() underneath and accept a 64 bits argument as size. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.