CVE-2023-32611
G_variant_byteswap() can take a long time with some non-normal inputs
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.5 Medium
- Published
- Sep 14, 2023
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- May 30, 2023
Description
A flaw was found in GLib. GVariant deserialization is vulnerable to a slowdown issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
glib2n/a | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat | |
Extra Packages for Enterprise LinuxFedora | |
Fedora 38Fedora | |
Fedora 37Fedora | |
Fedora 37Fedora | |
Fedora 38Fedora |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32611vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2211829issue-tracking
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2797
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00030.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231027-0005/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-18
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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