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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 RHSA-2020:2521-01 Low: File Security Risk

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Calendar Grey June 10, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat Enterprise Linux released a low-severity security update to fix minor vulnerabilities affecting system integrity, ensuring a stronger security posture
An update for file is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 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 file command is used to identify a particular file according to the type of data the file contains. It can identify many different file types, including Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) binary files, system libraries, RPM packages, and different graphics formats.
Security Fix(es):
* file: out-of-bounds read via a crafted ELF file (CVE-2018-10360)
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory red hat low severity out-of-bounds read file update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10360 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.7):
Source: file-5.11-35.el7_7.1.src.rpm
noarch: python-magic-5.11-35.el7_7.1.noarch.rpm
x86_64: file-5.11-35.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm file-debuginfo-5.11-35.el7_7.1.i686.rpm file-debuginfo-5.11-35.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm file-libs-5.11-35.el7_7.1.i686.rpm file-libs-5.11-35.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.7):
x86_64: file-debuginfo-5.11-35.el7_7.1.i686.rpm file-debuginfo-5.11-35.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm file-devel-5.11-35.el7_7.1.i686.rpm file-devel-5.11-35.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm file-static-5.11-35.el7_7.1.i686.rpm file-static-5.11-35.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7):
Source: file-5.11-35.el7_7.1.src.rpm
noarch: python-magic-5.11-35.el7_7.1.noarch.rpm
ppc64: file-5.11-35.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm file-debuginfo-5.11-35.el7_7.1.ppc.rpm file-debuginfo-5.11-35.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm file-libs-5.11-35.el7_7.1.ppc.rpm file-libs-5.11-35.el7_7.1.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: file-5.11-35.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm file-debuginfo-5.11-35.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm file-libs-5.11-35.el7_7.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: file-5.11-35.el7_7.1.s390x.rpm file-debuginfo-5.11-35.el7_7.1.s390.rpm file-debuginfo-5.11-35.el7_7.1.s390x.rpm file-libs-5.11-35.el7_7.1.s390.rpm file-libs-5.11-35.el7_7.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:2521-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2521
Issue date: 2020-06-10

Topic

An update for file is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7Extended 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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory red hat low severity out-of-bounds read file update

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1590000 - CVE-2018-10360 file: out-of-bounds read via a crafted ELF file

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