Security update for glib2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20074-1
Release Date: 2026-01-12T11:59:25Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-13601 ( SUSE ): 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-13601 ( NVD ): 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-14087 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-14087 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-14087 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2025-14512 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-14512 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2025-14512 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2025-7039 ( SUSE ): 2.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-7039 ( SUSE ): 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2025-7039 ( NVD ): 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.2

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for glib2 fixes the following issues:

Update to version 2.84.4.

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2025-14512: integer overflow in the GIO escape_byte_string() function when processing malicious files or remote filesystem attribute values can lead to denial-of-service (bsc#1254878).
  • CVE-2025-14087: buffer underflow in the GVariant parser bytestring_parse() and string_parse() functions when processing attacker-influenced data may lead to crash or code execution (bsc#1254662).
  • CVE-2025-13601: heap-based buffer overflow in the g_escape_uri_string() function when processing strings with a large number of unacceptable characters may lead to crash or code execution (bsc#1254297).
  • CVE-2025-7039: integer overflow when creating temporary files may lead to an out-of-bounds memory access that can be used for path traversal or exposure of sensitive content in a temporary file (bsc#1249055).

Other issues fixed and changes:

  • Fix GFile leak in g_local_file_set_display_name during error handling.
  • Fix incorrect output parameter handling in closure helper of g_settings_bind_with_mapping_closures.
  • gfileutils: fix computation of temporary file name.
  • Fix GFile leak in g_local_file_set_display_name().
  • gthreadpool: catch pool_spawner creation failure.
  • gio/filenamecompleter: fix leaks.
  • gfilenamecompleter: fix g_object_unref() of undefined value.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SL-Micro-6.2-132=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libgobject-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.84.4-160000.1.1
    • libglib-2_0-0-2.84.4-160000.1.1
    • libglib-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.84.4-160000.1.1
    • libgmodule-2_0-0-2.84.4-160000.1.1
    • glib2-tools-debuginfo-2.84.4-160000.1.1
    • glib2-tools-2.84.4-160000.1.1
    • glib2-debugsource-2.84.4-160000.1.1
    • typelib-1_0-GLib-2_0-2.84.4-160000.1.1
    • libgirepository-2_0-0-2.84.4-160000.1.1
    • libgirepository-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.84.4-160000.1.1
    • typelib-1_0-Gio-2_0-2.84.4-160000.1.1
    • libgobject-2_0-0-2.84.4-160000.1.1
    • libgmodule-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.84.4-160000.1.1
    • typelib-1_0-GModule-2_0-2.84.4-160000.1.1
    • libgio-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.84.4-160000.1.1
    • libgio-2_0-0-2.84.4-160000.1.1
    • typelib-1_0-GObject-2_0-2.84.4-160000.1.1
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (noarch)
    • gio-branding-SLE-16-160000.2.2

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