[RHSA-2023:5458-01] Important: libeconf security update

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                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: libeconf security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2023:5458-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5458
Issue date:        2023-10-05
CVE Names:         CVE-2023-30079 
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1. Summary:

An update for libeconf is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0
Extended Update Support.

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.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

Libeconf is a highly flexible and configurable library to parse and manage
key=value configuration files. It reads configuration file snippets from
different directories and builds the final configuration file from it.

Security Fix(es):

* libeconf: Stack overflow in function read_file at
libeconf/lib/getfilecontents.c (CVE-2023-30079)

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.

4. 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

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

2234595 - CVE-2023-30079 libeconf: Stack overflow in function read_file at libeconf/lib/getfilecontents.c

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0):

Source:
libeconf-0.4.1-3.el9_0.src.rpm

aarch64:
libeconf-0.4.1-3.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
libeconf-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
libeconf-debugsource-0.4.1-3.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
libeconf-utils-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el9_0.aarch64.rpm

ppc64le:
libeconf-0.4.1-3.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
libeconf-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
libeconf-debugsource-0.4.1-3.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
libeconf-utils-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
libeconf-0.4.1-3.el9_0.s390x.rpm
libeconf-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el9_0.s390x.rpm
libeconf-debugsource-0.4.1-3.el9_0.s390x.rpm
libeconf-utils-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el9_0.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
libeconf-0.4.1-3.el9_0.i686.rpm
libeconf-0.4.1-3.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
libeconf-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el9_0.i686.rpm
libeconf-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
libeconf-debugsource-0.4.1-3.el9_0.i686.rpm
libeconf-debugsource-0.4.1-3.el9_0.x86_64.rpm
libeconf-utils-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el9_0.i686.rpm
libeconf-utils-debuginfo-0.4.1-3.el9_0.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-30079
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert at redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
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