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security advisorysecurity issuebuffer overflowRed Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack 7.0: RHSA-2017:0881-01 Security Update
An update for v8 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: v8 security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:0881-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0881 Issue date: 2017-04-05 CVE Names: CVE-2016-1669 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for v8 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 - x86_64 3. Description: V8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine. V8 is written in C++ and is used in Google Chrome, the open source browser from Google. V8 implements ECMAScript as specified in ECMA-262, 3rd edition. Security Fix(es): * An integer-overflow flaw was found in V8's Zone class when allocating new memory (Zone::New() and Zone::NewExpand()). An attacker with the ability to manipulate a large zone could crash the application or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the application privileges. (CVE-2016-1669) 4. 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 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1335449 - CVE-2016-1669 V8: integeroverflow leading to buffer overflow in Zone::New 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7: Source: v8-3.14.5.10-19.el7ost.src.rpm x86_64: v8-3.14.5.10-19.el7ost.x86_64.rpm v8-debuginfo-3.14.5.10-19.el7ost.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/ 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1669 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iD8DBQFY5F9eXlSAg2UNWIIRAqHkAKCuEXfzSShUTIuifLBz/6a3rJUQoACaA34e FTLdtzfSdFXOa1S1ymYxvkI=yG75 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Enterprise-watch-list mailing list
Apr 05, 2017
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security advisoryRed Hatbuffer overflowRed Hat OpenShift 4.5 RHSA-2021-0457-01 Low Buffer Underflow Concern
An update for v8 is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka). Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: v8 security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:0880-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0880 Issue date: 2017-04-05 CVE Names: CVE-2016-1669 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for v8 is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka). Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 - x86_64 3. Description: V8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine. V8 is written in C++ and is used in Google Chrome, the open source browser from Google. V8 implements ECMAScript as specified in ECMA-262, 3rd edition. Security Fix(es): * An integer-overflow flaw was found in V8's Zone class when allocating new memory (Zone::New() and Zone::NewExpand()). An attacker with the ability to manipulate a large zone could crash the application or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the application privileges. (CVE-2016-1669) 4. 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 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1335449 - CVE-2016-1669 V8: integer overflow leading to buffer overflow in Zone::New 6. Package List: Red Hat OpenStackPlatform 9.0: Source: v8-3.14.5.10-19.el7ost.src.rpm x86_64: v8-3.14.5.10-19.el7ost.x86_64.rpm v8-debuginfo-3.14.5.10-19.el7ost.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/ 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1669 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iD8DBQFY5F8bXlSAg2UNWIIRAvMqAKCxhKOUah2T+R0rX4ftzoYiDHtumQCgnee8 2aZ5oA5yGuOx4PbABWcGBSo=ERqw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Enterprise-watch-list mailing list
Apr 05, 2017
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