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Red Hat: RHSA-2022-5331-01 Moderate Libinput Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey June 30, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Uncover the recent libinput security fix in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, addressing privilege escalation risks.
An update for libinput 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

libinput is a library that handles input devices for display servers and other applications that need to directly deal with input devices.
Security Fix(es):
* libinput: format string vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-1215)
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 moderate red hat privilege escalation libinput

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1215 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: libinput-1.16.3-3.el8_6.src.rpm
aarch64: libinput-1.16.3-3.el8_6.aarch64.rpm libinput-debuginfo-1.16.3-3.el8_6.aarch64.rpm libinput-debugsource-1.16.3-3.el8_6.aarch64.rpm libinput-test-debuginfo-1.16.3-3.el8_6.aarch64.rpm libinput-utils-1.16.3-3.el8_6.aarch64.rpm libinput-utils-debuginfo-1.16.3-3.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: libinput-1.16.3-3.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm libinput-debuginfo-1.16.3-3.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm libinput-debugsource-1.16.3-3.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm libinput-test-debuginfo-1.16.3-3.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm libinput-utils-1.16.3-3.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm libinput-utils-debuginfo-1.16.3-3.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libinput-1.16.3-3.el8_6.s390x.rpm libinput-debuginfo-1.16.3-3.el8_6.s390x.rpm libinput-debugsource-1.16.3-3.el8_6.s390x.rpm libinput-test-debuginfo-1.16.3-3.el8_6.s390x.rpm libinput-utils-1.16.3-3.el8_6.s390x.rpm libinput-utils-debuginfo-1.16.3-3.el8_6.s390x.rpm
x86_64: libinput-1.16.3-3.el8_6.i686.rpm libinput-1.16.3-3.el8_6.x86_64.rpm libinput-debuginfo-1.16.3-3.el8_6.i686.rpm libinput-debuginfo-1.16.3-3.el8_6.x86_64.rpm libinput-debugsource-1.16.3-3.el8_6.i686.rpm libinput-debugsource-1.16.3-3.el8_6.x86_64.rpm libinput-test-debuginfo-1.16.3-3.el8_6.i686.rpm libinput-test-debuginfo-1.16.3-3.el8_6.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:5331-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5331
Issue date: 2022-06-28

Topic

An update for libinput is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.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 moderate red hat privilege escalation libinput

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

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

Bugs Fixed

2074952 - CVE-2022-1215 libinput: format string vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation

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