Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 14, 2023· Updated Feb 13, 2025
G_variant_byteswap() can take a long time with some non-normal inputs
CVE-2023-32611
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.
Affected products
20cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6+ 3 more
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
- osv-coords13 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/glib2pkg:rpm/almalinux/glib2-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/glib2-docpkg:rpm/almalinux/glib2-staticpkg:rpm/almalinux/glib2-testspkg:rpm/almalinux/mingw32-glib2pkg:rpm/almalinux/mingw32-glib2-staticpkg:rpm/almalinux/mingw64-glib2pkg:rpm/almalinux/mingw64-glib2-staticpkg:rpm/suse/glib2&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/glib2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/glib2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/glib2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1
< 2.68.4-11.el9+ 12 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.68.4-11.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 2.68.4-11.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 2.68.4-11.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 2.68.4-11.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 2.68.4-11.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 2.78.0-1.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 2.78.0-1.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 2.78.0-1.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 2.78.0-1.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 2.54.3-150000.4.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.54.3-150000.4.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.54.3-150000.4.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.54.3-150000.4.29.1
- Fedora/Extra Packages for Enterprise Linuxv5
- Fedora/Fedora 37v5
- Fedora/Fedora 38v5
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
6- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32611mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitreissue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2797mitre
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00030.htmlmitre
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-18mitre
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231027-0005/mitre
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