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Red Hat 8: RHSA-2023:0379-01 Important: libXpm Security Update

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Calendar Grey January 23, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Vital security enhancement for libXpm in Red Hat Enterprise Linux addresses multiple severe vulnerabilities compromising application reliability.
An update for libXpm 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

X.Org X11 libXpm runtime library.
Security Fix(es):
* libXpm: compression commands depend on $PATH (CVE-2022-4883)
* libXpm: Runaway loop on width of 0 and enormous height (CVE-2022-44617)
* libXpm: Infinite loop on unclosed comments (CVE-2022-46285)
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 security fix X11 libXpm runtime library Important

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4883 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-44617 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-46285 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: libXpm-3.5.12-9.el8_7.src.rpm
aarch64: libXpm-3.5.12-9.el8_7.aarch64.rpm libXpm-debuginfo-3.5.12-9.el8_7.aarch64.rpm libXpm-debugsource-3.5.12-9.el8_7.aarch64.rpm libXpm-devel-3.5.12-9.el8_7.aarch64.rpm libXpm-devel-debuginfo-3.5.12-9.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: libXpm-3.5.12-9.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm libXpm-debuginfo-3.5.12-9.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm libXpm-debugsource-3.5.12-9.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm libXpm-devel-3.5.12-9.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm libXpm-devel-debuginfo-3.5.12-9.el8_7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libXpm-3.5.12-9.el8_7.s390x.rpm libXpm-debuginfo-3.5.12-9.el8_7.s390x.rpm libXpm-debugsource-3.5.12-9.el8_7.s390x.rpm libXpm-devel-3.5.12-9.el8_7.s390x.rpm libXpm-devel-debuginfo-3.5.12-9.el8_7.s390x.rpm
x86_64: libXpm-3.5.12-9.el8_7.i686.rpm libXpm-3.5.12-9.el8_7.x86_64.rpm libXpm-debuginfo-3.5.12-9.el8_7.i686.rpm libXpm-debuginfo-3.5.12-9.el8_7.x86_64.rpm libXpm-debugsource-3.5.12-9.el8_7.i686.rpm libXpm-debugsource-3.5.12-9.el8_7.x86_64.rpm libXpm-devel-3.5.12-9.el8_7.i686.rpm libXpm-devel-3.5.12-9.el8_7.x86_64.rpm libXpm-devel-debuginfo-3.5.12-9.el8_7.i686.rpm libXpm-devel-debuginfo-3.5.12-9.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
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Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:0379-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0379
Issue date: 2023-01-23

Topic

An update for libXpm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.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 security fix X11 libXpm runtime library Important

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Bugs Fixed

2160092 - CVE-2022-46285 libXpm: Infinite loop on unclosed comments

2160193 - CVE-2022-44617 libXpm: Runaway loop on width of 0 and enormous height

2160213 - CVE-2022-4883 libXpm: compression commands depend on $PATH

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