A mingw-glib2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update has been released for AlmaLinux.

ALSA-2021:4526 Important: mingw-glib2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Type:
security

Severity:
important

Release date:
2021-11-12

Description
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: mingw-glib2 (2.66.7). (BZ#1935248, BZ#1939111)
Security Fix(es):
* glib: integer overflow in g_bytes_new function on 64-bit platforms due to an implicit cast from 64 bits to 32 bits (CVE-2021-27219)
* glib: integer overflow in g_byte_array_new_take function when called with a buffer of 4GB or more on a 64-bit platform (CVE-2021-27218)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

References:
CVE-2021-27218
CVE-2021-27219

Updates packages:
mingw32-glib2-2.66.7-2.el8.noarch.rpm
mingw32-glib2-static-2.66.7-2.el8.noarch.rpm
mingw64-glib2-2.66.7-2.el8.noarch.rpm
mingw64-glib2-static-2.66.7-2.el8.noarch.rpm

Notes:
This page is generated automatically and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.

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