CVE-2021-28153
An issue was discovered in GNOME GLib before 2.66.8. When g_file_replace() is used with G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION to replace a path that is a dangling symlink, it incorrectly also creates the target of the symlink as an empty file, which could conceivably have security relevance if the symlink is attacker-controlled. (If the path is a symlink to a file that already exists, then the contents of that file correctly remain unchanged.)
- Affected products
- Alt Linux, Almalinux, Astra Linux, Centos, Gnome Glib, Linuxmint, Red Hat, Rocky Linux
- Gnome Glib
- < 2.66.8
- Fix
- Available
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUM
- EPSS
- 2.6% (84th percentile)
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- NVD status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-03-11
CVE-2021-28153 at NVD
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