Home / mailings

PDF

[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202402-27 ] Glade: Denial of Service

Posted on 19 February 2024
Gentoo-announce

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202402-27
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
https://security.gentoo.org/
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Severity: Normal
Title: Glade: Denial of Service
Date: February 19, 2024
Bugs: #747451
ID: 202402-27

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Synopsis
========
A vulnerability has been discovered in Glade which can lead to a denial
of service.

Background
==========
Glade is a RAD tool to enable quick & easy development of user
interfaces for the GTK+ toolkit (Version 3 only) and the GNOME desktop
environment.

Affected packages
=================
Package Vulnerable Unaffected
-------------- ------------ ------------
dev-util/glade < 3.38.2 >= 3.38.2

Description
===========
A vulnerability has been found in Glade which can lead to a denial of
service when working with specific glade files.

Impact
======
A crafted file may lead to crashes in Glade.

Workaround
==========
There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========
All Glade users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/glade-3.38.2"

References
==========
[ 1 ] CVE-2020-36774
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36774

Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-27

Concerns?
=========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======
Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
--===============6758923038675387621==Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc"
Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc"

 

TOP