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Red Hat: RHSA-2023:2085-01 Important: libwebp Double-Free

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Calendar Grey May 2, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical libwebp security patch released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux with substantial effects. Ensure prompt application of required updates.
An update for libwebp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

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 Red Hat Enterprise security impact double-free important update 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 EUS (v.8.6):
Source: libwebp-1.0.0-7.el8_6.src.rpm
aarch64: libwebp-1.0.0-7.el8_6.aarch64.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-1.0.0-7.el8_6.aarch64.rpm libwebp-debugsource-1.0.0-7.el8_6.aarch64.rpm libwebp-devel-1.0.0-7.el8_6.aarch64.rpm libwebp-java-debuginfo-1.0.0-7.el8_6.aarch64.rpm libwebp-tools-debuginfo-1.0.0-7.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: libwebp-1.0.0-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-1.0.0-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm libwebp-debugsource-1.0.0-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm libwebp-devel-1.0.0-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm libwebp-java-debuginfo-1.0.0-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm libwebp-tools-debuginfo-1.0.0-7.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libwebp-1.0.0-7.el8_6.s390x.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-1.0.0-7.el8_6.s390x.rpm libwebp-debugsource-1.0.0-7.el8_6.s390x.rpm libwebp-devel-1.0.0-7.el8_6.s390x.rpm libwebp-java-debuginfo-1.0.0-7.el8_6.s390x.rpm libwebp-tools-debuginfo-1.0.0-7.el8_6.s390x.rpm
x86_64: libwebp-1.0.0-7.el8_6.i686.rpm libwebp-1.0.0-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-1.0.0-7.el8_6.i686.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-1.0.0-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm libwebp-debugsource-1.0.0-7.el8_6.i686.rpm libwebp-debugsource-1.0.0-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm libwebp-devel-1.0.0-7.el8_6.i686.rpm libwebp-devel-1.0.0-7.el8_6.x86_64.rpm libwebp-java-debuginfo-1.0.0-7.el8_6.i686.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:2085-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2085
Issue date: 2023-05-02

Topic

An update for libwebp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6Extended Update Support.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 Enterprise security impact double-free important update libwebp

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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

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