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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4: RHSA-2020-2768-01 Low: File Security Update

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Calendar Grey June 30, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Oracle has released a moderate-level security patch for Solaris 11.3, addressing a buffer overflow vulnerability in the netstat utility.
An update for file is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Lin...

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 security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity out-of-bounds read file security

References

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

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.4):
Source: file-5.11-33.el7_4.1.src.rpm
noarch: python-magic-5.11-33.el7_4.1.noarch.rpm
x86_64: file-5.11-33.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm file-debuginfo-5.11-33.el7_4.1.i686.rpm file-debuginfo-5.11-33.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm file-libs-5.11-33.el7_4.1.i686.rpm file-libs-5.11-33.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.4):
Source: file-5.11-33.el7_4.1.src.rpm
noarch: python-magic-5.11-33.el7_4.1.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: file-5.11-33.el7_4.1.ppc64le.rpm file-debuginfo-5.11-33.el7_4.1.ppc64le.rpm file-libs-5.11-33.el7_4.1.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: file-5.11-33.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm file-debuginfo-5.11-33.el7_4.1.i686.rpm file-debuginfo-5.11-33.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm file-libs-5.11-33.el7_4.1.i686.rpm file-libs-5.11-33.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.4):
Source: file-5.11-33.el7_4.1.src.rpm
noarch: python-magic-5.11-33.el7_4.1.noarch.rpm
x86_64: file-5.11-33.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm file-debuginfo-5.11-33.el7_4.1.i686.rpm file-debuginfo-5.11-33.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm file-libs-5.11-33.el7_4.1.i686.rpm file-libs-5.11-33.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.4):
x86_64: file-debuginfo-5.11-33.el7_4.1.i686.rpm file-debuginfo-5.11-33.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm file-devel-5.11-33.el7_4.1.i686.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:2768-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2768
Issue date: 2020-06-30

Topic

An update for file is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Telco Extended UpdateSupport, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Update Services for SAPSolutions.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 Enterprise Linux low severity out-of-bounds read file security

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.4) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.4) - noarch, ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 7.4) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional E4S (v. 7.4) - ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional TUS (v. 7.4) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.4) - noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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

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