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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2022-5052-01 Critical xz File Write Issue

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Calendar Grey June 15, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
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An update for xz is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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

XZ Utils is an integrated collection of user-space file compression utilities based on the Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain algorithm (LZMA), which performs lossless data compression. The algorithm provides a high compression ratio while keeping the decompression time short.
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat important update arbitrary file write xz utilities CVE-2022-1271

References

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

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: xz-5.2.2-2.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: xz-5.2.2-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xz-debuginfo-5.2.2-2.el7_9.i686.rpm xz-debuginfo-5.2.2-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xz-libs-5.2.2-2.el7_9.i686.rpm xz-libs-5.2.2-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: xz-compat-libs-5.2.2-2.el7_9.i686.rpm xz-compat-libs-5.2.2-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xz-debuginfo-5.2.2-2.el7_9.i686.rpm xz-debuginfo-5.2.2-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xz-devel-5.2.2-2.el7_9.i686.rpm xz-devel-5.2.2-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xz-lzma-compat-5.2.2-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: xz-5.2.2-2.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: xz-5.2.2-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xz-debuginfo-5.2.2-2.el7_9.i686.rpm xz-debuginfo-5.2.2-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xz-libs-5.2.2-2.el7_9.i686.rpm xz-libs-5.2.2-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: xz-compat-libs-5.2.2-2.el7_9.i686.rpm xz-compat-libs-5.2.2-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xz-debuginfo-5.2.2-2.el7_9.i686.rpm xz-debuginfo-5.2.2-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xz-devel-5.2.2-2.el7_9.i686.rpm xz-devel-5.2.2-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm xz-lzma-compat-5.2.2-2.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: xz-5.2.2-2.el7_9.src.rpm
ppc64: xz-5.2.2-2.el7_9.ppc64.rpm xz-debuginfo-5.2.2-2.el7_9.ppc.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:5052-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5052
Issue date: 2022-06-15

Topic

An update for xz is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat important update arbitrary file write xz utilities CVE-2022-1271

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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

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