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Update RHSA-2020-4436-01 for gnome-software and fwupd on RHEL 8

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Calendar Grey November 3, 2020
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The latest update for gnome-software and fwupd resolves minor vulnerabilities within Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Ensure that these fixes are implemented without delay.
An update for appstream-data, fwupd, gnome-software, and libxmlb is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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 gnome-software packages contain an application that makes it easy to add, remove, and update software in the GNOME desktop.
The appstream-data package provides the distribution specific AppStream metadata required for the GNOME and KDE software centers.
The fwupd packages provide a service that allows session software to update device firmware.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: gnome-software (3.36.1), fwupd (1.4.2).
Security Fix(es):
* fwupd: Possible bypass in signature verification (CVE-2020-10759)
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 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux low risk fwupd gnome-software

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10759 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.3_release_notes/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: appstream-data-8-20200724.el8.src.rpm gnome-software-3.36.1-4.el8.src.rpm
aarch64: gnome-software-3.36.1-4.el8.aarch64.rpm gnome-software-debuginfo-3.36.1-4.el8.aarch64.rpm gnome-software-debugsource-3.36.1-4.el8.aarch64.rpm
noarch: appstream-data-8-20200724.el8.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: gnome-software-3.36.1-4.el8.ppc64le.rpm gnome-software-debuginfo-3.36.1-4.el8.ppc64le.rpm gnome-software-debugsource-3.36.1-4.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: gnome-software-3.36.1-4.el8.s390x.rpm gnome-software-debuginfo-3.36.1-4.el8.s390x.rpm gnome-software-debugsource-3.36.1-4.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: gnome-software-3.36.1-4.el8.x86_64.rpm gnome-software-debuginfo-3.36.1-4.el8.x86_64.rpm gnome-software-debugsource-3.36.1-4.el8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source: fwupd-1.4.2-4.el8.src.rpm libxmlb-0.1.15-1.el8.src.rpm
aarch64: fwupd-1.4.2-4.el8.aarch64.rpm fwupd-debuginfo-1.4.2-4.el8.aarch64.rpm fwupd-debugsource-1.4.2-4.el8.aarch64.rpm libxmlb-0.1.15-1.el8.aarch64.rpm libxmlb-debuginfo-0.1.15-1.el8.aarch64.rpm libxmlb-debugsource-0.1.15-1.el8.aarch64.rpm libxmlb-tests-debuginfo-0.1.15-1.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: fwupd-1.4.2-4.el8.ppc64le.rpm fwupd-debuginfo-1.4.2-4.el8.ppc64le.rpm fwupd-debugsource-1.4.2-4.el8.ppc64le.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4436-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4436
Issue date: 2020-11-03

Topic

An update for appstream-data, fwupd, gnome-software, and libxmlb is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.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 security update bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux low risk fwupd gnome-software

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1797932 - Rebase gnome-software to 3.36

1815502 - gnome-software support for auth webflow in flatpak remotes

1839774 - missing section for gnome-shell extensions

1844316 - CVE-2020-10759 fwupd: Possible bypass in signature verification

1844488 - request for appstream-data refresh in 8.3

1845714 - Show Details not working for e.g. Firefox installed from rpm

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