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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : GLib vulnerabilities (USN-8017-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 298268

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8017-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that GLib incorrectly parsed large Base64 data. An attacker could use this issue to cause GLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-1484)

 It was discovered that GLib incorrectly parsed certain treemagic files. An attacker could use this issue to cause GLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2026-1485)

 It was discovered that GLib incorrectly handled Unicode case conversion. An attacker could use this issue to cause GLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2026-1489)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-8017-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 298268

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8017-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/6/2026

Updated: 3/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.52

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1489

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/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: 2/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-1484, CVE-2026-1485, CVE-2026-1489

USN: 8017-1