- Issued:
- 2024-07-15
- Updated:
- 2024-07-15
RHSA-2024:4528 - Important: less security update
Synopsis
Important: less security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Important
Topic
An update for less is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
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.
Description
The "less" utility is a text file browser that resembles "more", but allows users to move backwards in the file as well as forwards. Since "less" does not read the entire input file at startup, it also starts more quickly than ordinary text editors.
Security Fix(es):
- less: OS command injection (CVE-2024-32487)
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 | 9.0 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates | 9.0 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates | 9.0 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 9.0 | ppc64le |
Updated Packages
- less-590-2.el9_0.src.rpm
- less-590-2.el9_0.s390x.rpm
- less-debuginfo-590-2.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
- less-debugsource-590-2.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
- less-590-2.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
- less-debuginfo-590-2.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
- less-debuginfo-590-2.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
- less-debugsource-590-2.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
- less-debugsource-590-2.el9_0.s390x.rpm
- less-debugsource-590-2.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
- less-debuginfo-590-2.el9_0.s390x.rpm
- less-590-2.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
- less-590-2.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
References
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.