USN-4049-2: GLib vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

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

Details

USN-4049-1 fixed a vulnerability in GLib. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that GLib created directories and files without properly
restricting permissions. 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 14.04

• libglib2.0-0 - 2.40.2-0ubuntu1.1+esm2
• libglib2.0-bin - 2.40.2-0ubuntu1.1+esm2

Ubuntu 12.04

• libglib2.0-0 - 2.32.4-0ubuntu1.3
• libglib2.0-bin - 2.32.4-0ubuntu1.3

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

References

• CVE-2019-13012

Related notices

• USN-4049-1: libglib2.0-udeb, libglib2.0-data, libglib2.0-doc, libglib2.0-0, glib2.0, libglib2.0-0-refdbg, libglib2.0-dev, libglib2.0-tests, libglib2.0-dev-bin, libglib2.0-bin