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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: RHSA-2019-2722-01 Low: libwmf Double Free Issue

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Calendar Grey September 11, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Canonical has issued a moderate severity patch for libjpeg correcting a significant buffer overflow vulnerability.
An update for libwmf is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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 libwmf packages provide a library for reading and converting Windows Metafile Format (WMF) vector graphics. The library is used by applications such as GIMP and ImageMagick.
Security Fix(es):
* gd: double free in the gdImage*Ptr in gd_gif_out.c, gd_jpeg.c, and gd_wbmp.c (CVE-2019-6978)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat low severity linux enterprise libwmf gd double free

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6978 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#low

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: libwmf-0.2.9-8.el8_0.src.rpm
aarch64: libwmf-0.2.9-8.el8_0.aarch64.rpm libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.aarch64.rpm libwmf-debugsource-0.2.9-8.el8_0.aarch64.rpm libwmf-lite-0.2.9-8.el8_0.aarch64.rpm libwmf-lite-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: libwmf-0.2.9-8.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm libwmf-debugsource-0.2.9-8.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm libwmf-lite-0.2.9-8.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm libwmf-lite-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libwmf-0.2.9-8.el8_0.s390x.rpm libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.s390x.rpm libwmf-debugsource-0.2.9-8.el8_0.s390x.rpm libwmf-lite-0.2.9-8.el8_0.s390x.rpm libwmf-lite-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.s390x.rpm
x86_64: libwmf-0.2.9-8.el8_0.i686.rpm libwmf-0.2.9-8.el8_0.x86_64.rpm libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.i686.rpm libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.x86_64.rpm libwmf-debugsource-0.2.9-8.el8_0.i686.rpm libwmf-debugsource-0.2.9-8.el8_0.x86_64.rpm libwmf-lite-0.2.9-8.el8_0.i686.rpm libwmf-lite-0.2.9-8.el8_0.x86_64.rpm libwmf-lite-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.i686.rpm libwmf-lite-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8):
aarch64: libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.aarch64.rpm libwmf-debugsource-0.2.9-8.el8_0.aarch64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2722-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2722
Issue date: 2019-09-10

Topic

An update for libwmf is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat low severity linux enterprise libwmf gd double free

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1671390 - CVE-2019-6978 gd: double free in the gdImage*Ptr in gd_gif_out.c, gd_jpeg.c, and gd_wbmp.c

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