USN-4014-1: GLib vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• glib2.0 - GLib Input, Output and Streaming Library (fam module)

Details

It was discovered that GLib incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04

• libglib2.0-0 - 2.60.0-1ubuntu0.1
• libglib2.0-bin - 2.60.0-1ubuntu0.1
• libglib2.0-dev - 2.60.0-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.10

• libglib2.0-0 - 2.58.1-2ubuntu0.1
• libglib2.0-bin - 2.58.1-2ubuntu0.1
• libglib2.0-dev - 2.58.1-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• libglib2.0-0 - 2.56.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.3
• libglib2.0-bin - 2.56.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.3
• libglib2.0-dev - 2.56.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.3

Ubuntu 16.04

• libglib2.0-0 - 2.48.2-0ubuntu4.2
• libglib2.0-bin - 2.48.2-0ubuntu4.2
• libglib2.0-dev - 2.48.2-0ubuntu4.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2019-12450

Related notices

• USN-4014-2: glib2.0, libgio-fam, libglib2.0-bin, libglib2.0-dev, libglib2.0-data, libglib2.0-tests, libglib2.0-0-refdbg, libglib2.0-udeb, libglib2.0-0, libglib2.0-doc