SB2025102017 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GNOME glib-networking

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SB2025102017 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GNOME glib-networking

Published: October 20, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025102017
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
  • Low
  • Medium
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  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-60019)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the 

g_tls_bio_new_from_iostream() and g_tls_bio_new_from_datagram_based() functions. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-60018)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in BIO_write(). A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the system, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or crash the application.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References