CVE-2023-32611

Public on 2023-06-05

Modified on 2024-02-10

Description

GLib's GVariant deserialization prior to GLib 2.74.4 is vulnerable to a slowdown issue where a crafted GVariant can cause excessive processing, leading to denial of service.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

6.5

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	glib2	2025-02-25	ALAS2-2025-2767
Amazon Linux 2023	glib2	2023-06-27	ALAS2023-2023-225

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	CVSSv3	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2023-32611 Mitre: CVE-2023-32611