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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2020:1037-01 moderate integer overflow

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Calendar Grey March 31, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A security notice warns about a moderate update for advancecomp in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, fixing an integer overflow vulnerability that may be exploited
An update for advancecomp 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

AdvanceCOMP is a set of recompression utilities for .PNG, .MNG and .ZIP files.
Security Fix(es):
* advancecomp: integer overflow in png_compress in pngex.cc (CVE-2019-9210)
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 7.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity integer overflow advancecomp png_compress

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9210 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.8_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
Source: advancecomp-1.15-22.el7.src.rpm
ppc64le: advancecomp-1.15-22.el7.ppc64le.rpm advancecomp-debuginfo-1.15-22.el7.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: advancecomp-1.15-22.el7.x86_64.rpm advancecomp-debuginfo-1.15-22.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
Source: advancecomp-1.15-22.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: advancecomp-1.15-22.el7.x86_64.rpm advancecomp-debuginfo-1.15-22.el7.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:1037-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1037
Issue date: 2020-03-31

Topic

An update for advancecomp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. 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 Enterprise Linux moderate severity integer overflow advancecomp png_compress

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

Bugs Fixed

1684596 - CVE-2019-9210 advancecomp: integer overflow in png_compress in pngex.cc

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