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RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Low: patch security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2033-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2033
Issue date: 2019-08-06
CVE Names: CVE-2016-10713 CVE-2018-6952
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1. Summary:
An update for patch is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Low. 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 Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
3. Description:
The patch program applies diff files to originals. The diff command is used
to compare an original to a changed file. Diff lists the changes made to
the file. A person who has the original file can then use the patch command
with the diff file to add the changes to their original file (patching the
file).
Security Fix(es):
* patch: Out-of-bounds access in pch_write_line function in pch.c
(CVE-2016-10713)
* patch: Double free of memory in pch.c:another_hunk() causes a crash
(CVE-2018-6952)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.
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/):
1545053 - CVE-2018-6952 patch: Double free of memory in pch.c:another_hunk() causes a crash
1545405 - CVE-2016-10713 patch: Out-of-bounds access in pch_write_line function in pch.c
1626473 - rpmbuild doesn't honor "new file mode 100755" when applying patches
1653294 - patch: Gnulib bundled but no bundled(gnulib) provides
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
patch-2.7.1-11.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
patch-2.7.1-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
patch-debuginfo-2.7.1-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source:
patch-2.7.1-11.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
patch-2.7.1-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
patch-debuginfo-2.7.1-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
patch-2.7.1-11.el7.src.rpm
ppc64:
patch-2.7.1-11.el7.ppc64.rpm
patch-debuginfo-2.7.1-11.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
patch-2.7.1-11.el7.ppc64le.rpm
patch-debuginfo-2.7.1-11.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
patch-2.7.1-11.el7.s390x.rpm
patch-debuginfo-2.7.1-11.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
patch-2.7.1-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
patch-debuginfo-2.7.1-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
patch-2.7.1-11.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
patch-2.7.1-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
patch-debuginfo-2.7.1-11.el7.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-2016-10713
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6952
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.7_release_notes/index
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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