| Name | CVE-2020-35457 |
| Description | GNOME GLib before 2.65.3 has an integer overflow, that might lead to an out-of-bounds write, in g_option_group_add_entries. NOTE: the vendor's position is "Realistically this is not a security issue. The standard pattern is for callers to provide a static list of option entries in a fixed number of calls to g_option_group_add_entries()." The researcher states that this pattern is undocumented |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| glib2.0 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.42.1-1+deb8u7 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 2.50.3-2+deb9u3 | vulnerable | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.50.3-2+deb9u6 | vulnerable | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.58.3-2+deb10u6 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye | 2.66.8-1+deb11u4 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 2.66.8-1+deb11u3 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 2.74.6-2+deb12u4 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 2.74.6-2+deb12u2 | fixed | |
| trixie | 2.82.2-2 | fixed | |
| sid | 2.82.2-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| glib2.0 | source | (unstable) | 2.66.0-1 | unimportant |
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/commit/63c5b62f0a984fac9a9700b12f54fe878e016a5d
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2197
Upstream position is that it is not realistically a security issue.