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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RHSA-2020-4689-01 Security Update: openwsman DoS

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Calendar Grey November 3, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat has issued a security update for openwsman in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, targeting a moderate vulnerability to enhance security protocols
An update for openwsman 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

Openwsman is a project intended to provide an open source implementation of the Web Services Management specification (WS-Management) and to expose system management information on the Linux operating system using the WS-Management protocol. WS-Management is based on a suite of web services specifications and usage requirements that cover all system management aspects.
Security Fix(es):
* openwsman: Infinite loop in process_connection() allows denial of service (CVE-2019-3833)
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 Red Hat update moderate severity Denial of Service openwsman

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3833 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.3_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: openwsman-2.6.5-7.el8.src.rpm
aarch64: libwsman1-2.6.5-7.el8.aarch64.rpm libwsman1-debuginfo-2.6.5-7.el8.aarch64.rpm openwsman-client-2.6.5-7.el8.aarch64.rpm openwsman-client-debuginfo-2.6.5-7.el8.aarch64.rpm openwsman-debuginfo-2.6.5-7.el8.aarch64.rpm openwsman-debugsource-2.6.5-7.el8.aarch64.rpm openwsman-perl-debuginfo-2.6.5-7.el8.aarch64.rpm openwsman-python3-2.6.5-7.el8.aarch64.rpm openwsman-python3-debuginfo-2.6.5-7.el8.aarch64.rpm openwsman-server-2.6.5-7.el8.aarch64.rpm openwsman-server-debuginfo-2.6.5-7.el8.aarch64.rpm rubygem-openwsman-debuginfo-2.6.5-7.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: libwsman1-2.6.5-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm libwsman1-debuginfo-2.6.5-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm openwsman-client-2.6.5-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm openwsman-client-debuginfo-2.6.5-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm openwsman-debuginfo-2.6.5-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm openwsman-debugsource-2.6.5-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm openwsman-perl-debuginfo-2.6.5-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm openwsman-python3-2.6.5-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm openwsman-python3-debuginfo-2.6.5-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm openwsman-server-2.6.5-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm openwsman-server-debuginfo-2.6.5-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm rubygem-openwsman-debuginfo-2.6.5-7.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libwsman1-2.6.5-7.el8.s390x.rpm libwsman1-debuginfo-2.6.5-7.el8.s390x.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4689-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4689
Issue date: 2020-11-03

Topic

An update for openwsman 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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update moderate severity Denial of Service openwsman

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

Bugs Fixed

1674478 - CVE-2019-3833 openwsman: Infinite loop in process_connection() allows denial of service

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