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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2020-1113-01 Moderate Bash Security Fix

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Calendar Grey March 31, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
An important bash security update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 has been released, rated Moderate. Take steps to mitigate vulnerabilities effectively:
An update for bash 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 bash packages provide Bash (Bourne-again shell), which is the default shell for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Security Fix(es):
* bash: BASH_CMD is writable in restricted bash shells (CVE-2019-9924)
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue security fix moderate impact Red Hat Enterprise threat mitigation bash update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9924 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 Client (v. 7):
Source: bash-4.2.46-34.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: bash-4.2.46-34.el7.x86_64.rpm bash-debuginfo-4.2.46-34.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: bash-debuginfo-4.2.46-34.el7.x86_64.rpm bash-doc-4.2.46-34.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: bash-4.2.46-34.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: bash-4.2.46-34.el7.x86_64.rpm bash-debuginfo-4.2.46-34.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: bash-debuginfo-4.2.46-34.el7.x86_64.rpm bash-doc-4.2.46-34.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: bash-4.2.46-34.el7.src.rpm
ppc64: bash-4.2.46-34.el7.ppc64.rpm bash-debuginfo-4.2.46-34.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: bash-4.2.46-34.el7.ppc64le.rpm bash-debuginfo-4.2.46-34.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: bash-4.2.46-34.el7.s390x.rpm bash-debuginfo-4.2.46-34.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64: bash-4.2.46-34.el7.x86_64.rpm bash-debuginfo-4.2.46-34.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
ppc64: bash-debuginfo-4.2.46-34.el7.ppc64.rpm bash-doc-4.2.46-34.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: bash-debuginfo-4.2.46-34.el7.ppc64le.rpm bash-doc-4.2.46-34.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: bash-debuginfo-4.2.46-34.el7.s390x.rpm bash-doc-4.2.46-34.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64: bash-debuginfo-4.2.46-34.el7.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:1113-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1113
Issue date: 2020-03-31

Topic

An update for bash 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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue security fix moderate impact Red Hat Enterprise threat mitigation bash update

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

1691774 - CVE-2019-9924 bash: BASH_CMD is writable in restricted bash shells

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