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Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2512-03
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2512-03 - An update for file is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Issues addressed include a buffer over-read vulnerability.
The following advisory data is extracted from:https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_2512.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: Low: file security updateAdvisory ID: RHSA-2024:2512-03Product: Red Hat Enterprise LinuxAdvisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2512Issue date: 2024-04-30Revision: 03CVE Names: CVE-2022-48554====================================================================Summary: An update for file is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.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: stack-based buffer over-read in file_copystr in funcs.c (CVE-2022-48554)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.Additional Changes:For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.Solution:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258CVEs:CVE-2022-48554References:https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#lowhttps://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.4_release_notes/indexhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2235714https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-5734Related news
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