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Red Hat 8 RHSA-2022:7105 Moderate: Gnutls Double Free Security Advisory

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Calendar Grey October 25, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A Moderate update for gnutls has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, fixing a critical double free vulnerability that poses security risks
An update for gnutls 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 gnutls packages provide the GNU Transport Layer Security (GnuTLS) library, which implements cryptographic algorithms and protocols such as SSL, TLS, and DTLS.
Security Fix(es):
* gnutls: Double free during gnutls_pkcs7_verify. (CVE-2022-2509)
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 security update security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux gnutls double free

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2509 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
aarch64: gnutls-c++-3.6.16-5.el8_6.aarch64.rpm gnutls-c++-debuginfo-3.6.16-5.el8_6.aarch64.rpm gnutls-dane-3.6.16-5.el8_6.aarch64.rpm gnutls-dane-debuginfo-3.6.16-5.el8_6.aarch64.rpm gnutls-debuginfo-3.6.16-5.el8_6.aarch64.rpm gnutls-debugsource-3.6.16-5.el8_6.aarch64.rpm gnutls-devel-3.6.16-5.el8_6.aarch64.rpm gnutls-utils-3.6.16-5.el8_6.aarch64.rpm gnutls-utils-debuginfo-3.6.16-5.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: gnutls-c++-3.6.16-5.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm gnutls-c++-debuginfo-3.6.16-5.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm gnutls-dane-3.6.16-5.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm gnutls-dane-debuginfo-3.6.16-5.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm gnutls-debuginfo-3.6.16-5.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm gnutls-debugsource-3.6.16-5.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm gnutls-devel-3.6.16-5.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm gnutls-utils-3.6.16-5.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm gnutls-utils-debuginfo-3.6.16-5.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: gnutls-c++-3.6.16-5.el8_6.s390x.rpm gnutls-c++-debuginfo-3.6.16-5.el8_6.s390x.rpm gnutls-dane-3.6.16-5.el8_6.s390x.rpm gnutls-dane-debuginfo-3.6.16-5.el8_6.s390x.rpm gnutls-debuginfo-3.6.16-5.el8_6.s390x.rpm gnutls-debugsource-3.6.16-5.el8_6.s390x.rpm gnutls-devel-3.6.16-5.el8_6.s390x.rpm gnutls-utils-3.6.16-5.el8_6.s390x.rpm gnutls-utils-debuginfo-3.6.16-5.el8_6.s390x.rpm
x86_64: gnutls-c++-3.6.16-5.el8_6.i686.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:7105-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7105
Issue date: 2022-10-25

Topic

An update for gnutls 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 security update security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux gnutls double free

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

Bugs Fixed

2108977 - CVE-2022-2509 gnutls: Double free during gnutls_pkcs7_verify

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