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Red Hat: RHSA-2023-5236-01 Critical: libwebp Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey September 19, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical Advisory from Red Hat regarding libwebp vulnerability. It is essential to implement the latest updates immediately for maintaining system integrity and security.
An update for libwebp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, 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):
* libwebp: Heap buffer overflow in WebP Codec (CVE-2023-4863)
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 update buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux critical update security impact libwebp

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4863 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_1.1.src.rpm
aarch64: libwebp-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm libwebp-debugsource-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm libwebp-devel-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm libwebp-java-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm libwebp-tools-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: libwebp-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.ppc64le.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.ppc64le.rpm libwebp-debugsource-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.ppc64le.rpm libwebp-devel-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.ppc64le.rpm libwebp-java-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.ppc64le.rpm libwebp-tools-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libwebp-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.s390x.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.s390x.rpm libwebp-debugsource-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.s390x.rpm libwebp-devel-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.s390x.rpm libwebp-java-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.s390x.rpm libwebp-tools-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: libwebp-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.i686.rpm libwebp-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.i686.rpm libwebp-debuginfo-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm libwebp-debugsource-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.i686.rpm libwebp-debugsource-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm libwebp-devel-1.0.0-5.2.el8_1.1.i686.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:5236-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5236
Issue date: 2023-09-19

Topic

An update for libwebp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1UpdateServices for SAP Solutions.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactofImportant. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgivea detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from theCVElink(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux critical update security impact libwebp

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Bugs Fixed

2238431 - CVE-2023-4863 libwebp: Heap buffer overflow in WebP Codec

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