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Posted on 06 August 2019
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: linux-firmware security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2169-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2169
Issue date: 2019-08-06
CVE Names: CVE-2018-5383
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1. Summary:
An update for linux-firmware is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. 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) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch
3. Description:
The linux-firmware packages contain all of the firmware files that are
required by various devices to operate.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: Bluetooth implementations may not sufficiently validate elliptic
curve parameters during Diffie-Hellman key exchange (CVE-2018-5383)
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/):
1614159 - CVE-2018-5383 kernel: Bluetooth implementations may not sufficiently validate elliptic curve parameters during Diffie-Hellman key exchange
1654809 - [qed] 8.37.7.0 firmware image is needed for DPDK 18.11
1671610 - [Diamanti]Programming the VF MAC address fails without updated FW
1698960 - Cavium/Marvell 7.7 FEAT] BNX2X_FW: Update to 7.13.11.0 firmware files
1702330 - [NETRO 7.7 Feat] Pull new version of Netronome flower firmware (AOTC-2.10.A.23)
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
linux-firmware-20190429-72.gitddde598.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
iwl100-firmware-39.31.5.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl1000-firmware-39.31.5.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl105-firmware-18.168.6.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl135-firmware-18.168.6.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl2000-firmware-18.168.6.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl2030-firmware-18.168.6.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl3160-firmware-22.0.7.0-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl3945-firmware-15.32.2.9-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl4965-firmware-228.61.2.24-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl5000-firmware-8.83.5.1_1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl5150-firmware-8.24.2.2-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl6000-firmware-9.221.4.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl6000g2a-firmware-17.168.5.3-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl6000g2b-firmware-17.168.5.2-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl6050-firmware-41.28.5.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl7260-firmware-22.0.7.0-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl7265-firmware-22.0.7.0-72.el7.noarch.rpm
linux-firmware-20190429-72.gitddde598.el7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source:
linux-firmware-20190429-72.gitddde598.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
iwl100-firmware-39.31.5.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl1000-firmware-39.31.5.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl105-firmware-18.168.6.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl135-firmware-18.168.6.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl2000-firmware-18.168.6.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl2030-firmware-18.168.6.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl3160-firmware-22.0.7.0-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl3945-firmware-15.32.2.9-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl4965-firmware-228.61.2.24-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl5000-firmware-8.83.5.1_1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl5150-firmware-8.24.2.2-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl6000-firmware-9.221.4.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl6000g2a-firmware-17.168.5.3-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl6000g2b-firmware-17.168.5.2-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl6050-firmware-41.28.5.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl7260-firmware-22.0.7.0-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl7265-firmware-22.0.7.0-72.el7.noarch.rpm
linux-firmware-20190429-72.gitddde598.el7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
linux-firmware-20190429-72.gitddde598.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
iwl100-firmware-39.31.5.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl1000-firmware-39.31.5.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl105-firmware-18.168.6.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl135-firmware-18.168.6.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl2000-firmware-18.168.6.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl2030-firmware-18.168.6.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl3160-firmware-22.0.7.0-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl3945-firmware-15.32.2.9-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl4965-firmware-228.61.2.24-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl5000-firmware-8.83.5.1_1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl5150-firmware-8.24.2.2-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl6000-firmware-9.221.4.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl6000g2a-firmware-17.168.5.3-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl6000g2b-firmware-17.168.5.2-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl6050-firmware-41.28.5.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl7260-firmware-22.0.7.0-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl7265-firmware-22.0.7.0-72.el7.noarch.rpm
linux-firmware-20190429-72.gitddde598.el7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
linux-firmware-20190429-72.gitddde598.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
iwl100-firmware-39.31.5.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl1000-firmware-39.31.5.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl105-firmware-18.168.6.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl135-firmware-18.168.6.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl2000-firmware-18.168.6.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl2030-firmware-18.168.6.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl3160-firmware-22.0.7.0-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl3945-firmware-15.32.2.9-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl4965-firmware-228.61.2.24-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl5000-firmware-8.83.5.1_1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl5150-firmware-8.24.2.2-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl6000-firmware-9.221.4.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl6000g2a-firmware-17.168.5.3-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl6000g2b-firmware-17.168.5.2-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl6050-firmware-41.28.5.1-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl7260-firmware-22.0.7.0-72.el7.noarch.rpm
iwl7265-firmware-22.0.7.0-72.el7.noarch.rpm
linux-firmware-20190429-72.gitddde598.el7.noarch.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-2018-5383
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
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.
