Low: file security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-10360   CVE-2018-10360   CVE-2018-10360  

Synopsis

Low: file security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Low

Topic

An update for file is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update Support.

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.

Description

The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the type of data the file contains. It can identify many different file types, including Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) binary files, system libraries, RPM packages, and different graphics formats.

Security Fix(es):

  • file: out-of-bounds read via a crafted ELF file (CVE-2018-10360)

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.

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

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 1590000 - CVE-2018-10360 file: out-of-bounds read via a crafted ELF file

CVEs

References