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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 RHSA-2022:2197-01 Critical: Rsync Zlib Flaw

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Calendar Grey May 11, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A significant security notice has been released regarding an rsync upgrade for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which mitigates a critical vulnerability affecting system integrity.
An update for rsync is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions

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 rsync utility enables the users to copy and synchronize files locally or across a network. Synchronization with rsync is fast because rsync only sends the differences in files over the network instead of sending whole files. The rsync utility is also used as a mirroring tool.
Security Fix(es):
* zlib: A flaw found in zlib when compressing (not decompressing) certain inputs (CVE-2018-25032)
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 important red hat enterprise rsync update zlib flaw

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-25032 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1):
Source: rsync-3.1.3-6.el8_1.1.src.rpm
aarch64: rsync-3.1.3-6.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm rsync-debuginfo-3.1.3-6.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm rsync-debugsource-3.1.3-6.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm
noarch: rsync-daemon-3.1.3-6.el8_1.1.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: rsync-3.1.3-6.el8_1.1.ppc64le.rpm rsync-debuginfo-3.1.3-6.el8_1.1.ppc64le.rpm rsync-debugsource-3.1.3-6.el8_1.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: rsync-3.1.3-6.el8_1.1.s390x.rpm rsync-debuginfo-3.1.3-6.el8_1.1.s390x.rpm rsync-debugsource-3.1.3-6.el8_1.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: rsync-3.1.3-6.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm rsync-debuginfo-3.1.3-6.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm rsync-debugsource-3.1.3-6.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:2197-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2197
Issue date: 2022-05-11

Topic

An update for rsync is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1Update Services for SAP Solutions.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory important red hat enterprise rsync update zlib flaw

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2067945 - CVE-2018-25032 zlib: A flaw found in zlib when compressing (not decompressing) certain inputs

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