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Red Hat: RHSA-2023:2077-01 Critical: libwebp Double-Free Issue

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Calendar Grey May 2, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Debian Linux announces a critical patch for libjpeg tackling a buffer overflow vulnerability.
An update for libwebp 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 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 issue Red Hat critical update double-free important security fix 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 Client (v. 7):
Source: libwebp-0.3.0-11.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: libwebp-0.3.0-11.el7.i686.rpm libwebp-0.3.0-11.el7.x86_64.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-0.3.0-11.el7.i686.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-0.3.0-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: libwebp-debuginfo-0.3.0-11.el7.i686.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-0.3.0-11.el7.x86_64.rpm libwebp-devel-0.3.0-11.el7.i686.rpm libwebp-devel-0.3.0-11.el7.x86_64.rpm libwebp-java-0.3.0-11.el7.x86_64.rpm libwebp-tools-0.3.0-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: libwebp-0.3.0-11.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: libwebp-0.3.0-11.el7.i686.rpm libwebp-0.3.0-11.el7.x86_64.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-0.3.0-11.el7.i686.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-0.3.0-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: libwebp-debuginfo-0.3.0-11.el7.i686.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-0.3.0-11.el7.x86_64.rpm libwebp-devel-0.3.0-11.el7.i686.rpm libwebp-devel-0.3.0-11.el7.x86_64.rpm libwebp-java-0.3.0-11.el7.x86_64.rpm libwebp-tools-0.3.0-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: libwebp-0.3.0-11.el7.src.rpm
ppc64: libwebp-0.3.0-11.el7.ppc.rpm libwebp-0.3.0-11.el7.ppc64.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-0.3.0-11.el7.ppc.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-0.3.0-11.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:2077-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2077
Issue date: 2023-05-02

Topic

An update for libwebp 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 security issue Red Hat critical update double-free important security fix libwebp

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

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

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

Bugs Fixed

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

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