CVE-2020-35457

NameCVE-2020-35457
DescriptionGNOME 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
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
glib2.0 (PTS)bullseye2.66.8-1+deb11u4fixed
bullseye (security)2.66.8-1+deb11u3fixed
bookworm2.74.6-2+deb12u3fixed
bookworm (security)2.74.6-2+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie2.82.1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
glib2.0source(unstable)2.66.0-1unimportant

Notes

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.

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