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Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-5458-01
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-5458-01 - Libeconf is a highly flexible and configurable library to parse and manage key=value configuration files. It reads configuration file snippets from different directories and builds the final configuration file from it.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: libeconf security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:5458-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5458
Issue date: 2023-10-05
CVE Names: CVE-2023-30079
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- Summary:
An update for libeconf 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.
- Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
- Description:
Libeconf is a highly flexible and configurable library to parse and manage
key=value configuration files. It reads configuration file snippets from
different directories and builds the final configuration file from it.
Security Fix(es):
- libeconf: Stack overflow in function read_file at
libeconf/lib/getfilecontents.c (CVE-2023-30079)
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
- Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
2234595 - CVE-2023-30079 libeconf: Stack overflow in function read_file at libeconf/lib/getfilecontents.c
- Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0):
Source:
libeconf-0.4.1-3.el9_0.src.rpm
aarch64:
libeconf-0.4.1-3.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
libeconf-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
libeconf-debugsource-0.4.1-3.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
libeconf-utils-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
libeconf-0.4.1-3.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
libeconf-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
libeconf-debugsource-0.4.1-3.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
libeconf-utils-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
libeconf-0.4.1-3.el9_0.s390x.rpm
libeconf-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el9_0.s390x.rpm
libeconf-debugsource-0.4.1-3.el9_0.s390x.rpm
libeconf-utils-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el9_0.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
libeconf-0.4.1-3.el9_0.i686.rpm
libeconf-0.4.1-3.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
libeconf-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el9_0.i686.rpm
libeconf-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
libeconf-debugsource-0.4.1-3.el9_0.i686.rpm
libeconf-debugsource-0.4.1-3.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
libeconf-utils-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el9_0.i686.rpm
libeconf-utils-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el9_0.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/
- References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-30079
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
- Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is [email protected]. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
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An update for libeconf 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.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original. Related CVEs: * CVE-2023-30079: A flaw was found in the libeconf library. This issue occurs when parsing a specially crafted configuration file, causing a stack-based buffer overflow that results in a denial of service.
A stack overflow vulnerability exists in function read_file in atlibeconf/lib/getfilecontents.c in libeconf 0.5.1 allows attackers to cause a Denial of service or execute arbitrary code.