MGASA-2023-0179 - Updated patchelf packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 21 May 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0179.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2022-44940

Patchelf v0.9 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read via the
function modifyRPath at src/patchelf.cc. (CVE-2022-44940)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31880
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6036-1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-44940

SRPMS:
- 8/core/patchelf-0.16.1-1.mga8

Mageia 2023-0179: patchelf security update

Patchelf v0.9 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read via the function modifyRPath at src/patchelf.cc

Summary

Patchelf v0.9 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read via the function modifyRPath at src/patchelf.cc. (CVE-2022-44940)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31880

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6036-1

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-44940

Resolution

MGASA-2023-0179 - Updated patchelf packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/patchelf-0.16.1-1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 21 May 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0179.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-44940

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