Flaw in glib could leak content from files owned by privileged users to unprivileged ones.

Brocade Fabric OS

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05 September 2024

01 August 2023

OPEN

MEDIUM

5.5 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE-2021-3800

Brocade Security Advisory ID

BSA-2023-2093

Component

glib

 

 

Summary

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.

 

Products Affected

All versions of Brocade Fabric OS

Brocade ASCG versions prior to v3.0

 

Products Confirmed Not Affected

Brocade SANnav is not affected by this vulnerability

 

Solution

Solution provided in Brocade Fabric OS v9.1.1c, v9.2.0 and higher versions

Solution provided in Brocade ASCG v3.0 and later versions

 

 

Revision History

Version

Change

Date

1.0

Initial Publication

August 1, 2023

2.0

Added communiation for ASCG

November 7, 2023

2.1

Fixed mis-spelling in title

September 5, 2024

 

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