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Posted on 06 August 2019
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Low: advancecomp security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2332-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2332
Issue date: 2019-08-06
CVE Names: CVE-2019-8379 CVE-2019-8383
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1. Summary:
An update for advancecomp 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 Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64le, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
3. Description:
AdvanceCOMP is a set of recompression utilities for .PNG, .MNG and .ZIP
files.
Security Fix(es):
* advancecomp: null pointer dereference in function be_uint32_read() in
endianrw.h (CVE-2019-8379)
* advancecomp: denial of service in function adv_png_unfilter_8 in
lib/png.c (CVE-2019-8383)
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/):
1708561 - CVE-2019-8379 advancecomp: null pointer dereference in function be_uint32_read() in endianrw.h
1708563 - CVE-2019-8383 advancecomp: denial of service in function adv_png_unfilter_8 in lib/png.c
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
Source:
advancecomp-1.15-21.el7.src.rpm
ppc64le:
advancecomp-1.15-21.el7.ppc64le.rpm
advancecomp-debuginfo-1.15-21.el7.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
advancecomp-1.15-21.el7.x86_64.rpm
advancecomp-debuginfo-1.15-21.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
Source:
advancecomp-1.15-21.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
advancecomp-1.15-21.el7.x86_64.rpm
advancecomp-debuginfo-1.15-21.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-2019-8379
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8383
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/
Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
