Severity: Normal
Title: Glade: Denial of Service
Date: February 19, 2024
Bugs: #747451
ID: 202402-27

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Synopsis
========

A vulnerability has been discovered in Glade which can lead to a denial
of service.

Background
==========

Glade is a RAD tool to enable quick & easy development of user
interfaces for the GTK+ toolkit (Version 3 only) and the GNOME desktop
environment.

Affected packages
=================

Package Vulnerable Unaffected
-------------- ------------ ------------
dev-util/glade < 3.38.2 >= 3.38.2

Description
===========

A vulnerability has been found in Glade which can lead to a denial of
service when working with specific glade files.

Impact
======

A crafted file may lead to crashes in Glade.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Glade users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/glade-3.38.2"

References
==========

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-36774
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36774

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-27

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======

Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5