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Red Hat 8 RHSA-2021:1675-01 Low: Libdb DoS Security Fix

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Calendar Grey May 18, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A recent update for libdb on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 has been assessed with low severity due to a fix for potential denial of service vulnerabilities. Discover further details.
An update for libdb 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 libdb packages provide the Berkeley Database, an embedded database supporting both traditional and client/server applications.
Security Fix(es):
* libdb: Denial of service in the Data Store component (CVE-2019-2708)
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 8.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat low severity Denial of Service libdb

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2708 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.4_release_notes/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
aarch64: libdb-cxx-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.aarch64.rpm libdb-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.aarch64.rpm libdb-debugsource-5.3.28-40.el8.aarch64.rpm libdb-devel-5.3.28-40.el8.aarch64.rpm libdb-java-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.aarch64.rpm libdb-sql-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.aarch64.rpm libdb-sql-devel-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.aarch64.rpm libdb-tcl-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.aarch64.rpm libdb-utils-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: libdb-cxx-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.ppc64le.rpm libdb-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.ppc64le.rpm libdb-debugsource-5.3.28-40.el8.ppc64le.rpm libdb-devel-5.3.28-40.el8.ppc64le.rpm libdb-java-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.ppc64le.rpm libdb-sql-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.ppc64le.rpm libdb-sql-devel-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.ppc64le.rpm libdb-tcl-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.ppc64le.rpm libdb-utils-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libdb-cxx-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.s390x.rpm libdb-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.s390x.rpm libdb-debugsource-5.3.28-40.el8.s390x.rpm libdb-devel-5.3.28-40.el8.s390x.rpm libdb-java-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.s390x.rpm libdb-sql-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.s390x.rpm libdb-sql-devel-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.s390x.rpm libdb-tcl-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.s390x.rpm libdb-utils-debuginfo-5.3.28-40.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:

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Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:1675-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1675
Issue date: 2021-05-18

Topic

An update for libdb is now available 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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat low severity Denial of Service libdb

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

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

Bugs Fixed

1853242 - CVE-2019-2708 libdb: Denial of service in the Data Store component

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