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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2019-2290-01 Low: libsolv Bug Fix

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Calendar Grey August 6, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
New update released for libsolv on RHEL 7, offering low security risk. Essential for effective system oversight.
An update for libsolv 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

The libsolv packages provide a library for resolving package dependencies using a satisfiability algorithm.
Security Fix(es):
* libsolv: NULL pointer dereference in function testcase_read (CVE-2018-20532)
* libsolv: NULL pointer dereference in function testcase_str2dep_complex (CVE-2018-20533)
* libsolv: illegal address access in pool_whatprovides in src/pool.h (CVE-2018-20534)
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 access control bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity security impact libsolv

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20532 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20533 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20534 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: libsolv-0.6.34-4.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: libsolv-0.6.34-4.el7.i686.rpm libsolv-0.6.34-4.el7.x86_64.rpm libsolv-debuginfo-0.6.34-4.el7.i686.rpm libsolv-debuginfo-0.6.34-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: libsolv-debuginfo-0.6.34-4.el7.i686.rpm libsolv-debuginfo-0.6.34-4.el7.x86_64.rpm libsolv-demo-0.6.34-4.el7.x86_64.rpm libsolv-devel-0.6.34-4.el7.i686.rpm libsolv-devel-0.6.34-4.el7.x86_64.rpm libsolv-tools-0.6.34-4.el7.i686.rpm libsolv-tools-0.6.34-4.el7.x86_64.rpm python2-solv-0.6.34-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: libsolv-0.6.34-4.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: libsolv-0.6.34-4.el7.i686.rpm libsolv-0.6.34-4.el7.x86_64.rpm libsolv-debuginfo-0.6.34-4.el7.i686.rpm libsolv-debuginfo-0.6.34-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: libsolv-debuginfo-0.6.34-4.el7.i686.rpm libsolv-debuginfo-0.6.34-4.el7.x86_64.rpm libsolv-demo-0.6.34-4.el7.x86_64.rpm libsolv-devel-0.6.34-4.el7.i686.rpm libsolv-devel-0.6.34-4.el7.x86_64.rpm libsolv-tools-0.6.34-4.el7.i686.rpm libsolv-tools-0.6.34-4.el7.x86_64.rpm python2-solv-0.6.34-4.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: libsolv-0.6.34-4.el7.src.rpm
ppc64: libsolv-0.6.34-4.el7.ppc.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2290-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2290
Issue date: 2019-08-06

Topic

An update for libsolv 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 access control bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity security impact libsolv

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bugs Fixed

1665532 - CVE-2018-20532 libsolv: NULL pointer dereference in function testcase_read

1665535 - CVE-2018-20533 libsolv: NULL pointer dereference in function testcase_str2dep_complex

1665538 - CVE-2018-20534 libsolv: illegal address access in pool_whatprovides in src/pool.h

1668256 - "dnf upgrade" reinstalls kernel packages reporting it cannot install best update candidate

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