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Posted on 11 September 2019
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Low: libwmf security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2722-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2722
Issue date: 2019-09-10
CVE Names: CVE-2019-6978
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1. Summary:
An update for libwmf is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
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 CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
The libwmf packages provide a library for reading and converting Windows
Metafile Format (WMF) vector graphics. The library is used by applications
such as GIMP and ImageMagick.
Security Fix(es):
* gd: double free in the gdImage*Ptr in gd_gif_out.c, gd_jpeg.c, and
gd_wbmp.c (CVE-2019-6978)
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.
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/):
1671390 - CVE-2019-6978 gd: double free in the gdImage*Ptr in gd_gif_out.c, gd_jpeg.c, and gd_wbmp.c
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
libwmf-0.2.9-8.el8_0.src.rpm
aarch64:
libwmf-0.2.9-8.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
libwmf-debugsource-0.2.9-8.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
libwmf-lite-0.2.9-8.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
libwmf-lite-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
libwmf-0.2.9-8.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm
libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm
libwmf-debugsource-0.2.9-8.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm
libwmf-lite-0.2.9-8.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm
libwmf-lite-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
libwmf-0.2.9-8.el8_0.s390x.rpm
libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.s390x.rpm
libwmf-debugsource-0.2.9-8.el8_0.s390x.rpm
libwmf-lite-0.2.9-8.el8_0.s390x.rpm
libwmf-lite-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
libwmf-0.2.9-8.el8_0.i686.rpm
libwmf-0.2.9-8.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.i686.rpm
libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
libwmf-debugsource-0.2.9-8.el8_0.i686.rpm
libwmf-debugsource-0.2.9-8.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
libwmf-lite-0.2.9-8.el8_0.i686.rpm
libwmf-lite-0.2.9-8.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
libwmf-lite-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.i686.rpm
libwmf-lite-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8):
aarch64:
libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
libwmf-debugsource-0.2.9-8.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
libwmf-devel-0.2.9-8.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
libwmf-lite-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm
libwmf-debugsource-0.2.9-8.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm
libwmf-devel-0.2.9-8.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm
libwmf-lite-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.s390x.rpm
libwmf-debugsource-0.2.9-8.el8_0.s390x.rpm
libwmf-devel-0.2.9-8.el8_0.s390x.rpm
libwmf-lite-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.i686.rpm
libwmf-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
libwmf-debugsource-0.2.9-8.el8_0.i686.rpm
libwmf-debugsource-0.2.9-8.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
libwmf-devel-0.2.9-8.el8_0.i686.rpm
libwmf-devel-0.2.9-8.el8_0.x86_64.rpm
libwmf-lite-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.i686.rpm
libwmf-lite-debuginfo-0.2.9-8.el8_0.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-2019-6978
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
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.
