USN-4759-1: GLib vulnerabilities

Krzesimir Nowak discovered that GLib incorrectly handled certain large
buffers. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications
linked to GLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-27218)

Kevin Backhouse discovered that GLib incorrectly handled certain memory
allocations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications
linked to GLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-27219)

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