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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2020-5012-01 moderate librepo path exploit

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Calendar Grey November 10, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Oracle issued a significant patch for its software, remedying XSS flaws and enhancing overall protection.
An update for librepo 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 librepo library provides a C and Python API to download repository metadata.
Security Fix(es):
* librepo: missing path validation in repomd.xml may lead to directory traversal (CVE-2020-14352)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat directory traversal moderate severity security impact librepo

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14352 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: librepo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: librepo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.i686.rpm librepo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm librepo-debuginfo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.i686.rpm librepo-debuginfo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: librepo-debuginfo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.i686.rpm librepo-debuginfo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm librepo-devel-1.8.1-8.el7_9.i686.rpm librepo-devel-1.8.1-8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm python-librepo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
Source: librepo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: librepo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.i686.rpm librepo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm librepo-debuginfo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.i686.rpm librepo-debuginfo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm librepo-devel-1.8.1-8.el7_9.i686.rpm librepo-devel-1.8.1-8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm python-librepo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: librepo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.src.rpm
ppc64: librepo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.ppc.rpm librepo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.ppc64.rpm librepo-debuginfo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.ppc.rpm librepo-debuginfo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: librepo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm librepo-debuginfo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: librepo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.s390.rpm librepo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.s390x.rpm librepo-debuginfo-1.8.1-8.el7_9.s390.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:5012-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5012
Issue date: 2020-11-10

Topic

An update for librepo is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.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 Red Hat directory traversal moderate severity security impact librepo

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

1866498 - CVE-2020-14352 librepo: missing path validation in repomd.xml may lead to directory traversal

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