{"id":"ALSA-2021:4526","summary":"Important: mingw-glib2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update","details":"GLib provides the core application building blocks for libraries and applications written in C. It provides the core object system used in GNOME, the main loop implementation, and a large set of utility functions for strings and common data structures.\n\nThe following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: mingw-glib2 (2.66.7). (BZ#1935248, BZ#1939111)\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* glib: integer overflow in g_bytes_new function on 64-bit platforms due to an implicit cast from 64 bits to 32 bits (CVE-2021-27219)\n\n* glib: integer overflow in g_byte_array_new_take function when called with a buffer of 4GB or more on a 64-bit platform (CVE-2021-27218)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-02-04T03:12:21.597639Z","published":"2021-11-09T09:43:49Z","related":["CVE-2021-27218","CVE-2021-27219"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-27218"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-27219"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mingw32-glib2","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/mingw32-glib2"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.66.7-2.el8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2021:4526.json"}},{"package":{"name":"mingw32-glib2-static","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/mingw32-glib2-static"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.66.7-2.el8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2021:4526.json"}},{"package":{"name":"mingw64-glib2","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/mingw64-glib2"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.66.7-2.el8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2021:4526.json"}},{"package":{"name":"mingw64-glib2-static","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/mingw64-glib2-static"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.66.7-2.el8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2021:4526.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}