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Important Security Update: libwebp Double-Free Issue in Red Hat EL 8.1

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Calendar Grey May 2, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
This notice outlines a critical security enhancement for libwebp in Red Hat Enterprise Linux impacting multiple hardware platforms.
An update for libwebp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions

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 libwebp packages provide a library and tools for the WebP graphics format. WebP is an image format with a lossy compression of digital photographic images. WebP consists of a codec based on the VP8 format, and a container based on the Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF). Webmasters, web developers and browser developers can use WebP to compress, archive, and distribute digital images more efficiently.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: libwebp: Double-free in libwebp (CVE-2023-1999)
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 security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux double-free Important libwebp

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1999 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.1):
Source: libwebp-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.src.rpm
aarch64: libwebp-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.aarch64.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.aarch64.rpm libwebp-debugsource-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.aarch64.rpm libwebp-devel-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.aarch64.rpm libwebp-java-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.aarch64.rpm libwebp-tools-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: libwebp-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm libwebp-debugsource-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm libwebp-devel-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm libwebp-java-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm libwebp-tools-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libwebp-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.s390x.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.s390x.rpm libwebp-debugsource-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.s390x.rpm libwebp-devel-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.s390x.rpm libwebp-java-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.s390x.rpm libwebp-tools-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: libwebp-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.i686.rpm libwebp-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.i686.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm libwebp-debugsource-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.i686.rpm libwebp-debugsource-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm libwebp-devel-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.i686.rpm libwebp-devel-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:2073-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2073
Issue date: 2023-05-02

Topic

An update for libwebp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1Update Services for SAP Solutions.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 security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux double-free Important libwebp

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.1) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2186102 - CVE-2023-1999 Mozilla: libwebp: Double-free in libwebp

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