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Posted on 15 November 2022
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: dhcp security and enhancement update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:8385-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8385
Issue date: 2022-11-15
CVE Names: CVE-2021-25220
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1. Summary:
An update for dhcp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. 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 (v. 9) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol that allows
individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration
information, including an IP address, a subnet mask, and a broadcast
address. The dhcp packages provide a relay agent and ISC DHCP service
required to enable and administer DHCP on a network.
Security Fix(es):
* bind: DNS forwarders - cache poisoning vulnerability (CVE-2021-25220)
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 9.1 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/):
2064512 - CVE-2021-25220 bind: DNS forwarders - cache poisoning vulnerability
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9):
Source:
dhcp-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.src.rpm
aarch64:
dhcp-client-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.aarch64.rpm
dhcp-client-debuginfo-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.aarch64.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.aarch64.rpm
dhcp-debugsource-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.aarch64.rpm
dhcp-relay-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.aarch64.rpm
dhcp-relay-debuginfo-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.aarch64.rpm
dhcp-server-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.aarch64.rpm
dhcp-server-debuginfo-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
dhcp-common-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
dhcp-client-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.ppc64le.rpm
dhcp-client-debuginfo-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.ppc64le.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.ppc64le.rpm
dhcp-debugsource-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.ppc64le.rpm
dhcp-relay-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.ppc64le.rpm
dhcp-relay-debuginfo-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.ppc64le.rpm
dhcp-server-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.ppc64le.rpm
dhcp-server-debuginfo-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
dhcp-client-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.s390x.rpm
dhcp-client-debuginfo-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.s390x.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.s390x.rpm
dhcp-debugsource-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.s390x.rpm
dhcp-relay-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.s390x.rpm
dhcp-relay-debuginfo-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.s390x.rpm
dhcp-server-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.s390x.rpm
dhcp-server-debuginfo-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
dhcp-client-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-client-debuginfo-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-debugsource-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-relay-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-relay-debuginfo-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-server-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-server-debuginfo-4.4.2-17.b1.el9.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-2021-25220
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.1_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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