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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : GLib vulnerability (USN-7971-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 296250

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7971-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that GLib incorrectly handled the buffered input stream API. An attacker could use this issue to cause GLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7971-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 296250

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7971-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/23/2026

Updated: 1/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0988

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libglib2.0-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-glib-2.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libglib2.0-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgio-2.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libglib2.0-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgirepository-2.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgio-2.0-dev-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libglib2.0-0t64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libglib2.0-dev-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libglib2.0-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-glib-2.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:girepository-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-girepository-3.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgirepository-2.0-0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libglib2.0-tests, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-girepository-3.0

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-0988

USN: 7971-1