- Issued:
- 2020-07-07
- Updated:
- 2020-07-07
RHSA-2020:2846 - Low: gettext security update
Synopsis
Low: gettext security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Low
Topic
An update for gettext 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 gettext packages provide a documentation for producing multi-lingual messages in programs, set of conventions about how programs should be written, a runtime library, and a directory and file naming organization for the message catalogs.
Security Fix(es):
- gettext: double free in default_add_message in read-catalog.c (CVE-2018-18751)
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
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 7.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 7.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support | 7.6 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 7.6 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 | 7 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 7.6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) | 7 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 | 7 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 7.6 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS | 7.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 7.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node | 7.6 | x86_64 |
Updated Packages
- gettext-devel-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.s390.rpm
- gettext-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.src.rpm
- gettext-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
- gettext-libs-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.s390x.rpm
- gettext-devel-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.ppc.rpm
- gettext-libs-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
- gettext-libs-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.s390.rpm
- gettext-libs-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
- gettext-devel-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
- gettext-debuginfo-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.i686.rpm
- gettext-devel-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
- gettext-debuginfo-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.s390x.rpm
- gettext-common-devel-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.noarch.rpm
- gettext-devel-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.i686.rpm
- gettext-devel-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
- gettext-devel-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.s390x.rpm
- gettext-libs-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.i686.rpm
- gettext-libs-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.ppc.rpm
- gettext-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.s390x.rpm
- gettext-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
- gettext-devel-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
- gettext-debuginfo-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
- gettext-debuginfo-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.ppc.rpm
- gettext-libs-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
- gettext-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
- gettext-libs-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
- gettext-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
- gettext-debuginfo-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
- gettext-debuginfo-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.s390.rpm
- gettext-debuginfo-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
- emacs-gettext-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.noarch.rpm
- gettext-debuginfo-0.19.8.1-3.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
References
Additional information
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