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Posted on 13 June 2022
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: xz security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:4994-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4994
Issue date: 2022-06-13
CVE Names: CVE-2022-1271
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1. Summary:
An update for xz is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update
Services for SAP Solutions.
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 BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
XZ Utils is an integrated collection of user-space file compression
utilities based on the Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain algorithm (LZMA), which
performs lossless data compression. The algorithm provides a high
compression ratio while keeping the decompression time short.
Security Fix(es):
* gzip: arbitrary-file-write vulnerability (CVE-2022-1271)
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/):
2073310 - CVE-2022-1271 gzip: arbitrary-file-write vulnerability
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1):
Source:
xz-5.2.4-4.el8_1.src.rpm
aarch64:
xz-5.2.4-4.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
xz-debuginfo-5.2.4-4.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
xz-debugsource-5.2.4-4.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
xz-devel-5.2.4-4.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
xz-libs-5.2.4-4.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
xz-libs-debuginfo-5.2.4-4.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
xz-lzma-compat-debuginfo-5.2.4-4.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
xz-5.2.4-4.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
xz-debuginfo-5.2.4-4.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
xz-debugsource-5.2.4-4.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
xz-devel-5.2.4-4.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
xz-libs-5.2.4-4.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
xz-libs-debuginfo-5.2.4-4.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
xz-lzma-compat-debuginfo-5.2.4-4.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
xz-5.2.4-4.el8_1.s390x.rpm
xz-debuginfo-5.2.4-4.el8_1.s390x.rpm
xz-debugsource-5.2.4-4.el8_1.s390x.rpm
xz-devel-5.2.4-4.el8_1.s390x.rpm
xz-libs-5.2.4-4.el8_1.s390x.rpm
xz-libs-debuginfo-5.2.4-4.el8_1.s390x.rpm
xz-lzma-compat-debuginfo-5.2.4-4.el8_1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
xz-5.2.4-4.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
xz-debuginfo-5.2.4-4.el8_1.i686.rpm
xz-debuginfo-5.2.4-4.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
xz-debugsource-5.2.4-4.el8_1.i686.rpm
xz-debugsource-5.2.4-4.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
xz-devel-5.2.4-4.el8_1.i686.rpm
xz-devel-5.2.4-4.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
xz-libs-5.2.4-4.el8_1.i686.rpm
xz-libs-5.2.4-4.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
xz-libs-debuginfo-5.2.4-4.el8_1.i686.rpm
xz-libs-debuginfo-5.2.4-4.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
xz-lzma-compat-debuginfo-5.2.4-4.el8_1.i686.rpm
xz-lzma-compat-debuginfo-5.2.4-4.el8_1.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-2022-1271
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
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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