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Red Hat: RHSA-2020-1471 Low Severity: Elfutils Security Update

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An update for elfutils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Low: elfutils security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2020:1471-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1471
Issue date:        2020-04-14
CVE Names:         CVE-2018-16402 
====================================================================
1. Summary:

An update for elfutils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6
Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.6) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

3. Description:

The elfutils packages contain a number of utility programs and libraries
related to the creation and maintenance of executable code.

Security Fix(es):

* elfutils: Double-free due to double decompression of sections in crafted
ELF causes crash (CVE-2018-16402)

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.

4. 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

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1625050 - CVE-2018-16402 elfutils: Double-free due to double decompression of sections in crafted ELF causes crash

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6):

Source:
elfutils-0.172-4.el7_6.src.rpm

noarch:
elfutils-default-yama-scope-0.172-4.el7_6.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
elfutils-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
elfutils-libelf-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm
elfutils-libelf-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
elfutils-libs-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm
elfutils-libs-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.6):

x86_64:
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
elfutils-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm
elfutils-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
elfutils-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm
elfutils-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6):

Source:
elfutils-0.172-4.el7_6.src.rpm

noarch:
elfutils-default-yama-scope-0.172-4.el7_6.noarch.rpm

ppc64:
elfutils-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc.rpm
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
elfutils-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc.rpm
elfutils-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
elfutils-libelf-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc.rpm
elfutils-libelf-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
elfutils-libs-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc.rpm
elfutils-libs-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64.rpm

ppc64le:
elfutils-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
elfutils-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
elfutils-libelf-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
elfutils-libs-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
elfutils-0.172-4.el7_6.s390x.rpm
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.s390.rpm
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.s390x.rpm
elfutils-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.s390.rpm
elfutils-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.s390x.rpm
elfutils-libelf-0.172-4.el7_6.s390.rpm
elfutils-libelf-0.172-4.el7_6.s390x.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.s390.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.s390x.rpm
elfutils-libs-0.172-4.el7_6.s390.rpm
elfutils-libs-0.172-4.el7_6.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
elfutils-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
elfutils-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm
elfutils-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
elfutils-libelf-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm
elfutils-libelf-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
elfutils-libs-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm
elfutils-libs-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):

Source:
elfutils-0.172-4.el7_6.src.rpm

aarch64:
elfutils-0.172-4.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
elfutils-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
elfutils-libelf-0.172-4.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
elfutils-libs-0.172-4.el7_6.aarch64.rpm

noarch:
elfutils-default-yama-scope-0.172-4.el7_6.noarch.rpm

ppc64le:
elfutils-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
elfutils-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
elfutils-libelf-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
elfutils-libs-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
elfutils-0.172-4.el7_6.s390x.rpm
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.s390.rpm
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.s390x.rpm
elfutils-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.s390.rpm
elfutils-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.s390x.rpm
elfutils-libelf-0.172-4.el7_6.s390.rpm
elfutils-libelf-0.172-4.el7_6.s390x.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.s390.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.s390x.rpm
elfutils-libs-0.172-4.el7_6.s390.rpm
elfutils-libs-0.172-4.el7_6.s390x.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.6):

ppc64:
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc.rpm
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
elfutils-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc.rpm
elfutils-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64.rpm

ppc64le:
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
elfutils-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.s390.rpm
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.s390x.rpm
elfutils-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.s390.rpm
elfutils-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.s390x.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.s390.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
elfutils-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm
elfutils-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7):

aarch64:
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
elfutils-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.aarch64.rpm

ppc64le:
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
elfutils-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.s390.rpm
elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.s390x.rpm
elfutils-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.s390.rpm
elfutils-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.s390x.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.s390.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.s390x.rpm

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7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16402
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat: RHSA-2020-1471 Low Severity: Elfutils Security Update

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Calendar Grey April 14, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
This notice details the minor-impact elfutils security patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Maintenance Support.
An update for elfutils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update Support

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 elfutils packages contain a number of utility programs and libraries related to the creation and maintenance of executable code.
Security Fix(es):
* elfutils: Double-free due to double decompression of sections in crafted ELF causes crash (CVE-2018-16402)
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.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16402 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6):
Source: elfutils-0.172-4.el7_6.src.rpm
noarch: elfutils-default-yama-scope-0.172-4.el7_6.noarch.rpm
x86_64: elfutils-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm elfutils-libelf-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm elfutils-libelf-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm elfutils-libs-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm elfutils-libs-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.6):
x86_64: elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm elfutils-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm elfutils-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm elfutils-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm elfutils-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm elfutils-libelf-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm elfutils-libelf-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.i686.rpm elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.172-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6):
Source: elfutils-0.172-4.el7_6.src.rpm
noarch: elfutils-default-yama-scope-0.172-4.el7_6.noarch.rpm
ppc64: elfutils-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64.rpm elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc.rpm elfutils-debuginfo-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc64.rpm elfutils-devel-0.172-4.el7_6.ppc.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:1471-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2020-04-14

Topic

An update for elfutils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6Extended Update Support.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.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.6) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

Bugs Fixed

1625050 - CVE-2018-16402 elfutils: Double-free due to double decompression of sections in crafted ELF causes crash

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