RHSA-2021:2172HighCVSS 9.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: glib2 security update

Published
June 1, 2021
Last Modified
October 14, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2021-27219 →

📋 Description

CVE-2021-27219 — glib: integer overflow in g_bytes_new function on 64-bit platforms due to an implicit cast from 64 bits to 32 bits

🎯 Affected products77

  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 8.1)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-debuginfo-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-debuginfo-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-debuginfo-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.i686 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-debuginfo-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-debuginfo-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-debuginfo-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-debuginfo-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.s390x as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-debuginfo-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-debuginfo-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-debuginfo-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-debugsource-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-debugsource-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-debugsource-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.i686 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-debugsource-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-debugsource-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-debugsource-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-debugsource-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.s390x as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-debugsource-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-debugsource-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-debugsource-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-devel-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)
  • glib2-devel-0:2.56.4-8.el8_1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

🔗 References (4)