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Red Hat: RHSA-2021-4288 Moderate: Libjpeg-turbo Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey November 9, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A recent patch for libjpeg-turbo in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 resolves a notable buffer overflow vulnerability classified as moderate in severity.
An update for libjpeg-turbo 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 libjpeg-turbo packages contain a library of functions for manipulating JPEG images. They also contain simple client programs for accessing the libjpeg functions. These packages provide the same functionality and API as libjpeg but with better performance.
Security Fix(es):
* libjpeg-turbo: Stack-based buffer overflow in the "transform" component (CVE-2020-17541)
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 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow red hat security fix moderate severity libjpeg-turbo

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-17541 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.5_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: libjpeg-turbo-1.5.3-12.el8.src.rpm
aarch64: libjpeg-turbo-1.5.3-12.el8.aarch64.rpm libjpeg-turbo-debuginfo-1.5.3-12.el8.aarch64.rpm libjpeg-turbo-debugsource-1.5.3-12.el8.aarch64.rpm libjpeg-turbo-devel-1.5.3-12.el8.aarch64.rpm libjpeg-turbo-utils-1.5.3-12.el8.aarch64.rpm libjpeg-turbo-utils-debuginfo-1.5.3-12.el8.aarch64.rpm turbojpeg-1.5.3-12.el8.aarch64.rpm turbojpeg-debuginfo-1.5.3-12.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: libjpeg-turbo-1.5.3-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm libjpeg-turbo-debuginfo-1.5.3-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm libjpeg-turbo-debugsource-1.5.3-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm libjpeg-turbo-devel-1.5.3-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm libjpeg-turbo-utils-1.5.3-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm libjpeg-turbo-utils-debuginfo-1.5.3-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm turbojpeg-1.5.3-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm turbojpeg-debuginfo-1.5.3-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libjpeg-turbo-1.5.3-12.el8.s390x.rpm libjpeg-turbo-debuginfo-1.5.3-12.el8.s390x.rpm libjpeg-turbo-debugsource-1.5.3-12.el8.s390x.rpm libjpeg-turbo-devel-1.5.3-12.el8.s390x.rpm libjpeg-turbo-utils-1.5.3-12.el8.s390x.rpm libjpeg-turbo-utils-debuginfo-1.5.3-12.el8.s390x.rpm turbojpeg-1.5.3-12.el8.s390x.rpm turbojpeg-debuginfo-1.5.3-12.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: libjpeg-turbo-1.5.3-12.el8.i686.rpm libjpeg-turbo-1.5.3-12.el8.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:4288-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4288
Issue date: 2021-11-09

Topic

An update for libjpeg-turbo is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux8.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 buffer overflow red hat security fix moderate severity libjpeg-turbo

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

Bugs Fixed

1968036 - CVE-2020-17541 libjpeg-turbo: Stack-based buffer overflow in the "transform" component

1982572 - licence file is missing

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