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[RHSA-2022:8958-01] Important: bcel security update

Posted on 13 December 2022
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===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: bcel security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:8958-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8958
Issue date: 2022-12-13
CVE Names: CVE-2022-42920
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1. Summary:

An update for bcel 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 Optional (v. 7) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch

3. Description:

The Byte Code Engineering Library (Apache Commons BCEL) is intended to give
users a convenient way to analyze, create, and manipulate (binary) Java
class files (those ending with .class).

Security Fix(es):

* Apache-Commons-BCEL: arbitrary bytecode produced via out-of-bounds
writing (CVE-2022-42920)

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/):

2142707 - CVE-2022-42920 Apache-Commons-BCEL: arbitrary bytecode produced via out-of-bounds writing

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):

Source:
bcel-5.2-19.el7_9.src.rpm

noarch:
bcel-5.2-19.el7_9.noarch.rpm
bcel-javadoc-5.2-19.el7_9.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):

Source:
bcel-5.2-19.el7_9.src.rpm

noarch:
bcel-5.2-19.el7_9.noarch.rpm
bcel-javadoc-5.2-19.el7_9.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):

Source:
bcel-5.2-19.el7_9.src.rpm

noarch:
bcel-5.2-19.el7_9.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):

Source:
bcel-5.2-19.el7_9.src.rpm

noarch:
bcel-5.2-19.el7_9.noarch.rpm
bcel-javadoc-5.2-19.el7_9.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):

Source:
bcel-5.2-19.el7_9.src.rpm

noarch:
bcel-5.2-19.el7_9.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):

noarch:
bcel-javadoc-5.2-19.el7_9.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-2022-42920
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/

Copyright 2022 Red Hat, Inc.

 

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