- Issued:
- 2021-06-29
- Updated:
- 2021-06-29
RHSA-2021:2575 - Moderate: lz4 security update
Synopsis
Moderate: lz4 security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Moderate
Topic
An update for lz4 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
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 lz4 packages provide support for LZ4, a very fast, lossless compression algorithm that provides compression speeds of 400 MB/s per core and scales with multicore CPUs. It also features an extremely fast decoder that reaches speeds of multiple GB/s per core and typically reaches RAM speed limits on multicore systems.
Security Fix(es):
- lz4: memory corruption due to an integer overflow bug caused by memmove argument (CVE-2021-3520)
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 | 8 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 8.8 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 8.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 8.4 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 8.8 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 8.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 8.4 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension | 8.8 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension | 8.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension | 8.4 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle | 8.10 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian | 8 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support | 8.8 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support | 8.6 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support | 8.4 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle | 8.10 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 8 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 8.8 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 8.6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 8.4 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle | 8.10 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 | 8 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support | 8.8 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support | 8.6 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support | 8.4 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle | 8.10 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 8.8 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 8.6 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 8.4 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS | 8.8 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS | 8.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS | 8.4 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 8.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 8.4 | x86_64 |
Updated Packages
- lz4-debuginfo-1.8.3-3.el8_4.i686.rpm
- lz4-devel-1.8.3-3.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
- lz4-1.8.3-3.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
- lz4-debugsource-1.8.3-3.el8_4.i686.rpm
- lz4-libs-debuginfo-1.8.3-3.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
- lz4-libs-1.8.3-3.el8_4.s390x.rpm
- lz4-libs-debuginfo-1.8.3-3.el8_4.s390x.rpm
- lz4-devel-1.8.3-3.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
- lz4-1.8.3-3.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
- lz4-devel-1.8.3-3.el8_4.s390x.rpm
- lz4-devel-1.8.3-3.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
- lz4-debugsource-1.8.3-3.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
- lz4-debugsource-1.8.3-3.el8_4.s390x.rpm
- lz4-debuginfo-1.8.3-3.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
- lz4-debuginfo-1.8.3-3.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
- lz4-libs-debuginfo-1.8.3-3.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
- lz4-libs-debuginfo-1.8.3-3.el8_4.i686.rpm
- lz4-1.8.3-3.el8_4.s390x.rpm
- lz4-libs-1.8.3-3.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
- lz4-libs-1.8.3-3.el8_4.i686.rpm
- lz4-debuginfo-1.8.3-3.el8_4.s390x.rpm
- lz4-libs-1.8.3-3.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
- lz4-1.8.3-3.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
- lz4-debugsource-1.8.3-3.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
- lz4-devel-1.8.3-3.el8_4.i686.rpm
- lz4-libs-debuginfo-1.8.3-3.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
- lz4-debuginfo-1.8.3-3.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
- lz4-debugsource-1.8.3-3.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
- lz4-1.8.3-3.el8_4.src.rpm
- lz4-libs-1.8.3-3.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
References
Additional information
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