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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: RHSA-2021-4408 Low: Libsolv Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey November 9, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A new release of libsolv can now be downloaded for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, which resolves a minor security concern.
An update for libsolv 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 libsolv packages provide a library for resolving package dependencies using a satisfiability algorithm.
Security Fix(es):
* libsolv: heap-based buffer overflow in testcase_read() in src/testcase.c (CVE-2021-3200)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow software update Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity security impact libsolv

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3200 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#low https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.5_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source: libsolv-0.7.19-1.el8.src.rpm
aarch64: libsolv-0.7.19-1.el8.aarch64.rpm libsolv-debuginfo-0.7.19-1.el8.aarch64.rpm libsolv-debugsource-0.7.19-1.el8.aarch64.rpm libsolv-demo-debuginfo-0.7.19-1.el8.aarch64.rpm libsolv-tools-debuginfo-0.7.19-1.el8.aarch64.rpm perl-solv-debuginfo-0.7.19-1.el8.aarch64.rpm python3-solv-0.7.19-1.el8.aarch64.rpm python3-solv-debuginfo-0.7.19-1.el8.aarch64.rpm ruby-solv-debuginfo-0.7.19-1.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: libsolv-0.7.19-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm libsolv-debuginfo-0.7.19-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm libsolv-debugsource-0.7.19-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm libsolv-demo-debuginfo-0.7.19-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm libsolv-tools-debuginfo-0.7.19-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm perl-solv-debuginfo-0.7.19-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm python3-solv-0.7.19-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm python3-solv-debuginfo-0.7.19-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm ruby-solv-debuginfo-0.7.19-1.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libsolv-0.7.19-1.el8.s390x.rpm libsolv-debuginfo-0.7.19-1.el8.s390x.rpm libsolv-debugsource-0.7.19-1.el8.s390x.rpm libsolv-demo-debuginfo-0.7.19-1.el8.s390x.rpm libsolv-tools-debuginfo-0.7.19-1.el8.s390x.rpm perl-solv-debuginfo-0.7.19-1.el8.s390x.rpm python3-solv-0.7.19-1.el8.s390x.rpm python3-solv-debuginfo-0.7.19-1.el8.s390x.rpm ruby-solv-debuginfo-0.7.19-1.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:4408-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4408
Issue date: 2021-11-09

Topic

An update for libsolv 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow software update Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity security impact libsolv

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

Bugs Fixed

1951405 - Rebase libsolv to >= 0.7.17

1962307 - CVE-2021-3200 libsolv: heap-based buffer overflow in testcase_read() in src/testcase.c

1986425 - Rebase libsolv to >= 0.7.19

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