Home / mailings [RHSA-2023:0004-01] Important: bcel security update
Posted on 02 January 2023
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: bcel security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:0004-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0004
Issue date: 2023-01-02
CVE Names: CVE-2022-42920
=====================================================================
1. Summary:
An update for bcel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0
Extended Update Support.
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 AppStream EUS (v.9.0) - 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 AppStream EUS (v.9.0):
Source:
bcel-6.4.1-9.el9_0.src.rpm
noarch:
bcel-6.4.1-9.el9_0.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 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
