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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RHSA-2022:4582-01 Important Gzip Fix

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Calendar Grey June 3, 2022
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Important security alert: Gzip for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 has a vulnerability that may permit arbitrary file writes. An update outlines remediation steps.
An update for gzip is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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 gzip packages contain the gzip (GNU zip) data compression utility. gzip is used to compress regular files. It replaces them with files containing the .gz extension, while retaining ownership modes, access, and modification times.
Security Fix(es):
* gzip: arbitrary-file-write vulnerability (CVE-2022-1271)
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 security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux important gzip arbitrary-file-write

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1271 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9):
Source: gzip-1.10-9.el9_0.src.rpm
aarch64: gzip-1.10-9.el9_0.aarch64.rpm gzip-debuginfo-1.10-9.el9_0.aarch64.rpm gzip-debugsource-1.10-9.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: gzip-1.10-9.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm gzip-debuginfo-1.10-9.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm gzip-debugsource-1.10-9.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: gzip-1.10-9.el9_0.s390x.rpm gzip-debuginfo-1.10-9.el9_0.s390x.rpm gzip-debugsource-1.10-9.el9_0.s390x.rpm
x86_64: gzip-1.10-9.el9_0.x86_64.rpm gzip-debuginfo-1.10-9.el9_0.x86_64.rpm gzip-debugsource-1.10-9.el9_0.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-2022:4582-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4582
Issue date: 2022-05-17

Topic

An update for gzip is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.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 security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux important gzip arbitrary-file-write

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2073310 - CVE-2022-1271 gzip: arbitrary-file-write vulnerability

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