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CVE-2021-3800

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Date: August 22, 2022

A flaw was found in glib before version 2.63.6. Due to random charset alias, pkexec can leak content from files owned by privileged users to unprivileged ones under the right condition.

Language: C

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Related Resources (12)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1938284
https://github.com/GNOME/glib/commit/3529bb4450a51995
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00020.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3800
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/commit/3529bb4450a51995
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3800
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-3800
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3800
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/23/8
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0004/
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3800
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-3800

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

CWE-552

Information Leak / Disclosure

CWE-200

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

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