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RockyLinux 8 : glib2 (RLSA-2026:15953)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 314376

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:15953 advisory.

 * glib: GLib: Buffer underflow in GVariant parser leads to heap corruption (CVE-2025-14087)

 * glib: Integer Overflow in GLib GIO Attribute Escaping Causes Heap Buffer Overflow (CVE-2025-14512)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:15953

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2419093

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2421339

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 314376

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-15953.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 5/13/2026

Updated: 5/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14087

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-fam-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-tests-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-fam, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:glib2-tests

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-14087, CVE-2025-14512