Moderate: bash security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-3715  

Synopsis

Moderate: bash security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

An update for bash 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.

Description

The bash packages provide Bash (Bourne-again shell), which is the default shell for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Security Fix(es):

  • bash: a heap-buffer-overflow in valid_parameter_transform (CVE-2022-3715)

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 9 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 9 x86_64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 9 aarch64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 9 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 2126720 - CVE-2022-3715 bash: a heap-buffer-overflow in valid_parameter_transform