CVE-2023-32611 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Glib

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data9 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Gnome Glib
Timeline
PublishedSep 14
Latest updateOct 19

Description

A flaw was found in GLib. GVariant deserialization is vulnerable to a slowdown issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDgnome/glib< 2.74.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-qjp4-g2mq-4r5w: A flaw was found in GLib↗2023-09-14
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CVEList
G_variant_byteswap() can take a long time with some non-normal inputs↗2023-09-14
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OSV
CVE-2023-32611: A flaw was found in GLib↗2023-09-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
GLib vulnerabilities↗2023-10-19
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Microsoft
G_variant_byteswap() can take a long time with some non-normal inputs↗2023-09-12
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Ubuntu
GLib vulnerabilities↗2023-06-14
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Debian
CVE-2023-32611: glib2.0 - A flaw was found in GLib. GVariant deserialization is vulnerable to a slowdown i...↗2023
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Red Hat
glib: g_variant_byteswap() can take a long time with some non-normal inputs↗2022-12-14
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