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Red Hat 7: RHSA-2020-3943-01 Low: Libwmf Security Update

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Calendar Grey September 29, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
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An update for libwmf 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 libwmf packages provide a library for reading and converting Windows Metafile Format (WMF) vector graphics. The library is used by applications such as GIMP and ImageMagick.
Security Fix(es):
* gd: double free in the gdImage*Ptr in gd_gif_out.c, gd_jpeg.c, and gd_wbmp.c (CVE-2019-6978)
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 7.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat bug fix low severity Linux update libwmf

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6978 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.9_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: libwmf-0.2.8.4-44.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: libwmf-0.2.8.4-44.el7.i686.rpm libwmf-0.2.8.4-44.el7.x86_64.rpm libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.8.4-44.el7.i686.rpm libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.8.4-44.el7.x86_64.rpm libwmf-lite-0.2.8.4-44.el7.i686.rpm libwmf-lite-0.2.8.4-44.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.8.4-44.el7.i686.rpm libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.8.4-44.el7.x86_64.rpm libwmf-devel-0.2.8.4-44.el7.i686.rpm libwmf-devel-0.2.8.4-44.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
Source: libwmf-0.2.8.4-44.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: libwmf-0.2.8.4-44.el7.i686.rpm libwmf-0.2.8.4-44.el7.x86_64.rpm libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.8.4-44.el7.i686.rpm libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.8.4-44.el7.x86_64.rpm libwmf-devel-0.2.8.4-44.el7.i686.rpm libwmf-devel-0.2.8.4-44.el7.x86_64.rpm libwmf-lite-0.2.8.4-44.el7.i686.rpm libwmf-lite-0.2.8.4-44.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: libwmf-0.2.8.4-44.el7.src.rpm
ppc64: libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.8.4-44.el7.ppc.rpm libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.8.4-44.el7.ppc64.rpm libwmf-lite-0.2.8.4-44.el7.ppc.rpm libwmf-lite-0.2.8.4-44.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: libwmf-0.2.8.4-44.el7.ppc64le.rpm libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.8.4-44.el7.ppc64le.rpm libwmf-lite-0.2.8.4-44.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:3943-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3943
Issue date: 2020-09-29

Topic

An update for libwmf is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat bug fix low severity Linux update libwmf

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 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

1671390 - CVE-2019-6978 gd: Double free in the gdImage*Ptr in gd_gif_out.c, gd_jpeg.c, and gd_wbmp.c

1840569 - bz1638365 broke libwmf utils

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