An issue was discovered in GNOME GLib before 2.66.8. When g_file_replace() is used with G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION to replace a path that is a dangling symlink, it incorrectly also creates the target of the symlink as an empty file, which could conceivably have security relevance if the symlink is attacker-controlled. (If the path is a symlink to a file that already exists, then the contents of that file correctly remain unchanged.)
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-03-11T21:04:15

Updated: 2024-08-03T21:40:12.088Z

Reserved: 2021-03-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-28153

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-11T22:15:12.777

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:32:04.533

Link: CVE-2021-28153

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2021-03-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-28153 - Bugzilla