CVE-2021-3800

Upstream information

CVE-2021-3800 at MITRE

Description

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.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	5.5	4.7
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector	Local	Local
Attack Complexity	Low	High
Privileges Required	None	None
User Interaction	Required	Required
Scope	Unchanged	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High	High
Integrity Impact	None	None
Availability Impact	None	None
CVSSv3 Version	3.1	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1191489 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SU-2022:0828-1, published Mon Mar 14 20:18:17 UTC 2022

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
Image SLES12-SP4-Azure-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Basic-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-HPC-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-HPC-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Standard-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-ECS-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-On-Demand	glib2-tools >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libgio-2_0-0 >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libglib-2_0-0 >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libgmodule-2_0-0 >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libgobject-2_0-0 >= 2.48.2-12.25.1
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure-BYOS Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-SAP-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-SAP-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-SAP-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-SAP-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production	glib2-tools >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libgio-2_0-0 >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libglib-2_0-0 >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libgmodule-2_0-0 >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libgobject-2_0-0 >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libgthread-2_0-0 >= 2.48.2-12.25.1
SUSE Liberty Linux 8	glib2 >= 2.56.4-156.el8 glib2-devel >= 2.56.4-156.el8 glib2-doc >= 2.56.4-156.el8 glib2-fam >= 2.56.4-156.el8 glib2-static >= 2.56.4-156.el8 glib2-tests >= 2.56.4-156.el8	Patchnames: RHSA-2021:4385
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5	glib2-devel >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 glib2-devel-static >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 glib2-lang >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 glib2-tools >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libgio-2_0-0 >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libgio-2_0-0-32bit >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libgio-fam >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libglib-2_0-0 >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libglib-2_0-0-32bit >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libgmodule-2_0-0 >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libgmodule-2_0-0-32bit >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libgobject-2_0-0 >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libgobject-2_0-0-32bit >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libgthread-2_0-0 >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libgthread-2_0-0-32bit >= 2.48.2-12.25.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2022-828 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-828 SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP5-2022-828
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5	glib2-devel >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 glib2-devel-static >= 2.48.2-12.25.1 libgio-fam >= 2.48.2-12.25.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2022-828
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5	libgio-fam >= 2.48.2-12.25.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP5-2022-828

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First public cloud image revisions this CVE is fixed in:

• amazon/suse-sles-12-sp4-byos-v20220519-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-12-sp5-byos-v20220429-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-12-sp5-v20220427-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-12-sp5-v20220429-ecs-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-sap-12-sp4-byos-v20220715-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-sap-12-sp4-v20220714-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-sap-12-sp5-byos-v20220429-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• google/sles-12-sp4-byos-v20220714-x86-64
• google/sles-12-sp4-sap-byos-v20220714-x86-64
• google/sles-12-sp4-sap-v20220714-x86-64
• google/sles-12-sp5-byos-v20220427-x86-64
• google/sles-12-sp5-sap-byos-v20220427-x86-64
• google/sles-12-sp5-sap-v20220427-x86-64
• google/sles-12-sp5-v20220427-x86-64
• microsoft/suse-sles-12-sp4-byos-v20220407-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sles-12-sp5-basic-v20220428-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sles-12-sp5-byos-v20220407-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sles-12-sp5-hpc-byos-v20220407-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sles-12-sp5-hpc-v20220427-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sles-12-sp5-v20220427-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sles-sap-12-sp4-byos-v20220407-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sles-sap-12-sp4-v20220715-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sles-sap-12-sp5-byos-v20220407-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sles-sap-12-sp5-v20220427-x86_64

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s)	Source package	State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0	glib2	Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3	glib2	Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5	glib2	Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5	glib2	Not affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5	glib2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5	glib2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP2	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP3	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5	glib2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4	glib2	Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8	glib2	Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0	glib2	Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5	glib2	Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform Toolchain 3	glib2	Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6	glib2	Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5	glib2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4	glib2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5	glib2	Released
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0	glib2	Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.1	glib2	Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2	glib2	Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7	glib2	Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8	glib2	Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9	glib2	Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8	glib2	Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9	glib2	Affected
SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3	glib2	Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3	glib2	Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4	glib2	Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2	glib2	Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3	glib2	Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4	glib2	Not affected

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Oct 5 20:00:03 2021
CVE page last modified: Mon Nov 18 14:00:40 2024