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Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-7531-01
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-7531-01 - An update for pixman is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support. Issues addressed include integer overflow and out of bounds write vulnerabilities.
The following advisory data is extracted from:https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2023/rhsa-2023_7531.jsonRed Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023. Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness. It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.- Packet Storm Staff====================================================================Red Hat Security AdvisorySynopsis: Moderate: pixman security updateAdvisory ID: RHSA-2023:7531-01Product: Red Hat Enterprise LinuxAdvisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7531Issue date: 2023-11-28Revision: 01CVE Names: CVE-2022-44638====================================================================Summary: An update for pixman is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support.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:Pixman is a pixel manipulation library for the X Window System and Cairo.Security Fix(es):* pixman: Integer overflow in pixman_sample_floor_y leading to heap out-of-bounds write (CVE-2022-44638)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:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258CVEs:CVE-2022-44638References:https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderatehttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2139988Related news
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