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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: RHSA-2020-4451-01 Moderate: GNOME Security Fix

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Calendar Grey November 3, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A GNOME update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, classified with a moderate security risk. Effective solutions have been provided for users.
An update for GNOME 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

GDM must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Summary

GNOME is the default desktop environment of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: gnome-remote-desktop (0.1.8), pipewire (0.3.6), vte291 (0.52.4), webkit2gtk3 (2.28.4), xdg-desktop-portal (1.6.0), xdg-desktop-portal-gtk (1.6.0). (BZ#1775345, BZ#1779691, BZ#1817143, BZ#1832347, BZ#1837406)
Security Fix(es):
* webkitgtk: Multiple security issues (CVE-2019-8625, CVE-2019-8710, CVE-2019-8720, CVE-2019-8743, CVE-2019-8764, CVE-2019-8766, CVE-2019-8769, CVE-2019-8771, CVE-2019-8782, CVE-2019-8783, CVE-2019-8808, CVE-2019-8811, CVE-2019-8812, CVE-2019-8813, CVE-2019-8814, CVE-2019-8815, CVE-2019-8816, CVE-2019-8819, CVE-2019-8820, CVE-2019-8823, CVE-2019-8835, CVE-2019-8844, CVE-2019-8846, CVE-2020-3862, CVE-2020-3864, CVE-2020-3865, CVE-2020-3867, CVE-2020-3868, CVE-2020-3885, CVE-2020-3894, CVE-2020-3895, CVE-2020-3897, CVE-2020-3899, CVE-2020-3900, CVE-2020-3901, CVE-2020-3902, CVE-2020-9802, CVE-2020-9803, CVE-2020-9805, CVE-2020-9806, CVE-2020-9807, CVE-2020-9843, CVE-2020-9850, CVE-2020-9862, CVE-2020-9893, CVE-2020-9894, CVE-2020-9895, CVE-2020-9915, CVE-2020-9925, CVE-2020-10018, CVE-2020-11793)
* gnome-settings-daemon: Red Hat Customer Portal password logged and passed as command line argument when user registers through GNOME control center (CVE-2020-14391)
* LibRaw: lack of thumbnail size range check can lead to buffer overflow (CVE-2020-15503)
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue Red Hat bug fix application update GNOME

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8625 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8710 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8720 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8743 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8764 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8766 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8769 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8771 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8782 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8783 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8808 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8811 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8812 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8813 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8814 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8815 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8816 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8819 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8820 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8823 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8835 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8844 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8846 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-3862 Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: LibRaw-0.19.5-2.el8.src.rpm PackageKit-1.1.12-6.el8.src.rpm dleyna-renderer-0.6.0-3.el8.src.rpm frei0r-plugins-1.6.1-7.el8.src.rpm gdm-3.28.3-34.el8.src.rpm gnome-control-center-3.28.2-22.el8.src.rpm gnome-photos-3.28.1-3.el8.src.rpm gnome-remote-desktop-0.1.8-3.el8.src.rpm gnome-session-3.28.1-10.el8.src.rpm gnome-settings-daemon-3.32.0-11.el8.src.rpm gnome-shell-3.32.2-20.el8.src.rpm gnome-shell-extensions-3.32.1-11.el8.src.rpm gnome-terminal-3.28.3-2.el8.src.rpm gtk3-3.22.30-6.el8.src.rpm gvfs-1.36.2-10.el8.src.rpm mutter-3.32.2-48.el8.src.rpm nautilus-3.28.1-14.el8.src.rpm pipewire-0.3.6-1.el8.src.rpm pipewire0.2-0.2.7-6.el8.src.rpm potrace-1.15-3.el8.src.rpm tracker-2.1.5-2.el8.src.rpm vte291-0.52.4-2.el8.src.rpm webkit2gtk3-2.28.4-1.el8.src.rpm webrtc-audio-processing-0.3-9.el8.src.rpm xdg-desktop-portal-1.6.0-2.el8.src.rpm xdg-desktop-portal-gtk-1.6.0-1.el8.src.rpm
aarch64: PackageKit-1.1.12-6.el8.aarch64.rpm PackageKit-command-not-found-1.1.12-6.el8.aarch64.rpm PackageKit-command-not-found-debuginfo-1.1.12-6.el8.aarch64.rpm PackageKit-cron-1.1.12-6.el8.aarch64.rpm PackageKit-debuginfo-1.1.12-6.el8.aarch64.rpm PackageKit-debugsource-1.1.12-6.el8.aarch64.rpm PackageKit-glib-1.1.12-6.el8.aarch64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4451-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4451
Issue date: 2020-11-03

Topic

An update for GNOME is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. 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 moderate security issue Red Hat bug fix application update GNOME

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

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

1207179 - Select items matching non existing pattern does not unselect already selected

1566027 - can't correctly compute contents size if hidden files are included

1569868 - Browsing samba shares using gvfs is very slow

1652178 - [RFE] perf-tool run on wayland

1656262 - The terminal's character display is unclear on rhel8 guest after installing gnome

1668895 - [RHEL8] Timedlogin Fails when Userlist is Disabled

1692536 - login screen shows after gnome-initial-setup

1706008 - Sound Effect sometimes fails to change to selected option.

1706076 - Automatic suspend for 90 minutes is set for 80 minutes instead.

1715845 - JS ERROR: TypeError: this._workspacesViews[i] is undefined

1719937 - GNOME Extension: Auto-Move-Windows Not Working Properly

1758891 - tracker-devel subpackage missing from el8 repos

1775345 - Rebase xdg-desktop-portal to 1.6

1778579 - Nautilus does not respect umask settings.

1779691 - Rebase xdg-desktop-portal-gtk to 1.6

1794045 - There are two different high contrast versions of desktop icons

1804719 - Update vte291 to 0.52.4

1805929 - RHEL 8.1 gnome-shell-extension errors1811721 - CVE-2020-10018 webkitgtk: Use-after-free issue in accessibility/AXObjectCache.cpp

1814820 - No checkbox to install updates in the shutdown dialog

1816070 - "search for an application to open this file" dialog broken

1816678 - CVE-2019-8846 webkitgtk: Use after free issue may lead to remote code execution

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