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Red Hat: RHSA-2019-2126-01 Low: libwpd NULL Pointer Dereference

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Calendar Grey August 6, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The recent libwpd security patch from Red Hat tackles minor vulnerabilities. Learn more about the implications of this patch and what it means for users.
An update for libwpd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

libwpd is a library for reading and converting Corel WordPerfect Office documents.
Security Fix(es):
* libwpd: NULL pointer dereference in the function WP6ContentListener::defineTable in WP6ContentListener.cpp (CVE-2018-19208)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update red hat low severity libwpd NULL pointer dereference

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19208 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.7_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: libwpd-0.10.0-2.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: libwpd-0.10.0-2.el7.i686.rpm libwpd-0.10.0-2.el7.x86_64.rpm libwpd-debuginfo-0.10.0-2.el7.i686.rpm libwpd-debuginfo-0.10.0-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
noarch: libwpd-doc-0.10.0-2.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: libwpd-debuginfo-0.10.0-2.el7.i686.rpm libwpd-debuginfo-0.10.0-2.el7.x86_64.rpm libwpd-devel-0.10.0-2.el7.i686.rpm libwpd-devel-0.10.0-2.el7.x86_64.rpm libwpd-tools-0.10.0-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
Source: libwpd-0.10.0-2.el7.src.rpm
noarch: libwpd-doc-0.10.0-2.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: libwpd-0.10.0-2.el7.i686.rpm libwpd-0.10.0-2.el7.x86_64.rpm libwpd-debuginfo-0.10.0-2.el7.i686.rpm libwpd-debuginfo-0.10.0-2.el7.x86_64.rpm libwpd-devel-0.10.0-2.el7.i686.rpm libwpd-devel-0.10.0-2.el7.x86_64.rpm libwpd-tools-0.10.0-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: libwpd-0.10.0-2.el7.src.rpm
ppc64le: libwpd-0.10.0-2.el7.ppc64le.rpm libwpd-debuginfo-0.10.0-2.el7.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: libwpd-0.10.0-2.el7.i686.rpm libwpd-0.10.0-2.el7.x86_64.rpm libwpd-debuginfo-0.10.0-2.el7.i686.rpm libwpd-debuginfo-0.10.0-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
Source: libwpd-0.10.0-2.el7.src.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2126-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2126
Issue date: 2019-08-06

Topic

An update for libwpd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update red hat low severity libwpd NULL pointer dereference

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1649414 - CVE-2018-19208 libwpd: NULL pointer dereference in the function WP6ContentListener::defineTable in WP6ContentListener.cpp

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