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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: glib (CVE-2023-32643)

high Nessus Plugin ID 216726

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of glib installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2023-32643 advisory.

 - A flaw was found in GLib. The GVariant deserialization code is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow introduced by the fix for CVE-2023-32665. This bug does not affect any released version of GLib, but does affect GLib distributors who followed the guidance of GLib developers to backport the initial fix for CVE-2023-32665. (CVE-2023-32643)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32643

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 216726

File Name: mariner_CVE-2023-32643.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 2/25/2025

Updated: 2/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32643

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:glib, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:glib-schemas, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:glib-doc, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:glib-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CBLMariner/release, Host/CBLMariner/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32643