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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2022:8799-01 Important pki-core XXE Issue

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Calendar Grey December 6, 2022
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Red Hat issued a critical security patch for pki-core targeting XXE vulnerabilities in Enterprise Linux 7 environments.
An update for pki-core 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

The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Core contains fundamental packages required by Red Hat Certificate System.
Security Fix(es):
* pki-core: access to external entities when parsing XML can lead to XXE (CVE-2022-2414)
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 red hat important linux update pki-core xml parsing xxe

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2414 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
Source: pki-core-10.5.18-24.el7_9.src.rpm
noarch: pki-base-10.5.18-24.el7_9.noarch.rpm pki-base-java-10.5.18-24.el7_9.noarch.rpm pki-ca-10.5.18-24.el7_9.noarch.rpm pki-javadoc-10.5.18-24.el7_9.noarch.rpm pki-kra-10.5.18-24.el7_9.noarch.rpm pki-server-10.5.18-24.el7_9.noarch.rpm
x86_64: pki-core-debuginfo-10.5.18-24.el7_9.x86_64.rpm pki-symkey-10.5.18-24.el7_9.x86_64.rpm pki-tools-10.5.18-24.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
Source: pki-core-10.5.18-24.el7_9.src.rpm
noarch: pki-base-10.5.18-24.el7_9.noarch.rpm pki-base-java-10.5.18-24.el7_9.noarch.rpm pki-ca-10.5.18-24.el7_9.noarch.rpm pki-javadoc-10.5.18-24.el7_9.noarch.rpm pki-kra-10.5.18-24.el7_9.noarch.rpm pki-server-10.5.18-24.el7_9.noarch.rpm
x86_64: pki-core-debuginfo-10.5.18-24.el7_9.x86_64.rpm pki-symkey-10.5.18-24.el7_9.x86_64.rpm pki-tools-10.5.18-24.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: pki-core-10.5.18-24.el7_9.src.rpm
noarch: pki-base-10.5.18-24.el7_9.noarch.rpm pki-base-java-10.5.18-24.el7_9.noarch.rpm pki-ca-10.5.18-24.el7_9.noarch.rpm pki-kra-10.5.18-24.el7_9.noarch.rpm pki-server-10.5.18-24.el7_9.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: pki-core-debuginfo-10.5.18-24.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
important
Lowest
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Medium
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Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:8799-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8799
Issue date: 2022-12-06

Topic

An update for pki-core 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 linux update pki-core xml parsing xxe

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bugs Fixed

2104676 - CVE-2022-2414 pki-core: access to external entities when parsing XML can lead to XXE

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