USN-4049-1: GLib vulnerability

Releases

• 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 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 18.10

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

Ubuntu 18.04

• libglib2.0-0 - 2.56.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
• libglib2.0-bin - 2.56.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.4

Ubuntu 16.04

• libglib2.0-0 - 2.48.2-0ubuntu4.3
• libglib2.0-bin - 2.48.2-0ubuntu4.3

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

References

• CVE-2019-13012

Related notices

• USN-4049-2: libglib2.0-0-refdbg, libglib2.0-udeb, libglib2.0-dev, libglib2.0-data, libgio-fam, glib2.0, libglib2.0-doc, libglib2.0-0, libglib2.0-bin, libglib2.0-tests