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GCVE-110-MAGEIA-2021-162

GCVE-110-MAGEIA-2021-162
Advisory Published
Vulnetix · Advisory published March 30, 2021
An issue was discovered in GNOME GLib before 2.66.8. When g_file_replace() is used with G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION to replace a path that is a dangling symlink, it incorrectly also creates the target of the symlink as an empty file, which could conceivably have security relevance if the symlink is attacker-controlled. (If the path is a symlink to a file that already exists, then the contents of that file correctly remain unchanged.) (CVE-2021-28153)

Affected Products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Mageiaglib2.00 (affected), 2.66.8-1.mga8 (unaffected)—
Mageiamingw-glib20 (affected), 2.66.8-1.mga8 (unaffected)—

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