Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: Integer overflow in IntelR Graphics Drivers CVE-2020-12362 kernel: memory leak in sofsetgetlargectrldata function in sound/soc/sof/ipc.c CVE-2019-18811 kernel: use-after-free caused by a...

ethtool bug fix and enhancement update

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subscription-manager bug fix and enhancement update

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Moderate: NetworkManager and libnma security, bug fix, and enhancement update

NetworkManager is a system network service that manages network devices and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available. Its capabilities include managing Ethernet, wireless, mobile broadband WWAN, and PPPoE devices, as well as providing VPN integration with a varie...

strace bug fix and enhancement update

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binutils bug fix and enhancement update

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gcc bug fix and enhancement update

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openldap bug fix and enhancement update

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selinux-policy bug fix and enhancement update

The selinux-policy packages contain the rules that govern how confined processes run on the system. Bug Fixes and Enhancements: Slow listing of files owned by 'nobody' on nfs share with SELinux and 'filterusers' rhel-8.3.0.z BZ1947170...

Important: firefox security update

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability. This update upgrades Firefox to version 78.10.0 ESR. Security Fixes: Mozilla: Out of bound write due to lazy initialization CVE-2021-23994 Mozilla: Use-after-free in Responsive Design...

Important: thunderbird security update

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 78.10.0. Security Fixes: Mozilla: Out of bound write due to lazy initialization CVE-2021-23994 Mozilla: Use-after-free in Responsive Design Mode CVE-2021-23995 Mozilla: More internal network...

procps-ng bug fix and enhancement update

The procps-ng packages contain a set of system utilities that provide system information, including ps, free, skill, pkill, pgrep, snice, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, watch, and pwdx. Bug Fixes and Enhancements: FJ8.3 Bug: REG Request for backporting Bug 1894526 to AlmaLinux8.3.z. BZ1919284...

Moderate: java-11-openjdk security update

The java-11-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 11 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 11 Java Software Development Kit. Security Fixes: OpenJDK: Incomplete enforcement of JAR signing disabled algorithms 8249906 CVE-2021-2163 For more details about the security issues, including the impact,...

Moderate: java-1.8.0-openjdk security update

The java-1.8.0-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit. Security Fixes: OpenJDK: Incomplete enforcement of JAR signing disabled algorithms 8249906 CVE-2021-2163 For more details about the security issues, including the impact...

Important: mariadb:10.3 and mariadb-devel:10.3 security update

MariaDB is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server that is binary compatible with MySQL. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: mariadb 10.3.28, galera 25.3.32. Security Fixes: mariadb: writable system variables allows a database user with SUPER privilege ...

Important: gnutls and nettle security update

The gnutls packages provide the GNU Transport Layer Security GnuTLS library, which implements cryptographic algorithms and protocols such as SSL, TLS, and DTLS. Nettle is a cryptographic library that is designed to fit easily in almost any context: In crypto toolkits for object-oriented languages...

Important: libldb security update

The libldb packages provide an extensible library that implements an LDAP-like API to access remote LDAP servers, or use local TDB databases. Security Fixes: samba: Out of bounds read in AD DC LDAP server CVE-2021-20277 For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS scor...

Moderate: thunderbird security update

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 78.9.1. Security Fixes: Mozilla: An attacker may use Thunderbird's OpenPGP key refresh mechanism to poison an existing key CVE-2021-23991 Mozilla: A crafted OpenPGP key with an invalid user ...

NetworkManager bug fix and enhancement update

NetworkManager is a system network service that manages network devices and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available. Its capabilities include managing Ethernet, wireless, mobile broadband WWAN, and PPPoE devices, as well as providing VPN integration with a varie...

selinux-policy bug fix and enhancement update

The selinux-policy packages contain the rules that govern how confined processes run on the system. Bug Fixes and Enhancements: Cannot use the graphical user interface when pamttyaudit.so is enabled BZ1938216...

systemd bug fix and enhancement update

The systemd packages contain systemd, a system and service manager for Linux, compatible with the SysV and LSB init scripts. It provides aggressive parallelism capabilities, uses socket and D-Bus activation for starting services, offers on-demand starting of daemons, and keeps track of processes...

sos bug fix and enhancement update

The sos package contains a set of utilities that gather information from system hardware, logs, and configuration files. The information can then be used for diagnostic purposes and debugging. Bug Fixes and Enhancements: network glitch while running ethtool -e command in sosreport BZ1928627...

crypto-policies bug fix and enhancement update

Crypto policies is a system component that configures the core cryptographic subsystems, covering the TLS, IPSec, SSH, DNSSec, and Kerberos protocols. It provides a small set of policies, which the administrator can select. Bug Fixes and Enhancements: FIPS:OSPP needs to have the same settings as...

Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: use after free in eventpoll.c may lead to escalation of privilege CVE-2020-0466 kernel: SCSI target LIO write to any block on ILO backstore CVE-2020-28374 kernel: Use after free via PI...

zlib bug fix and enhancement update

The zlib packages provide a general-purpose lossless data compression library that is used by many different programs. Bug Fixes and Enhancements: AlmaLinux8.1 - zlib: DFLTCC compression level switching issues BZ1926104 AlmaLinux8.2 - zlib: inflateSyncPoint returns an incorrect result on z15...

file bug fix and enhancement update

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. Bug Fixes and Enhancements:...

sanlock bug fix and enhancement update

The sanlock packages provide a shared storage lock manager. Hosts with shared access to a block device or a file can use sanlock to synchronize their activities. VDSM and libvirt use sanlock to synchronize access to shared devices or files. Bug Fixes and Enhancements: Support 50 concurrent...

pacemaker bug fix and enhancement update

The Pacemaker cluster resource manager is a collection of technologies working together to maintain data integrity and application availability in the event of failures. Bug Fixes and Enhancements: pacemaker never promotes a bundle until another transition unblocks it BZ1935240 pacemaker generate...

cloud-init bug fix and enhancement update

The cloud-init packages provide a set of init scripts for cloud instances. Cloud instances need special scripts to run during initialization to retrieve and install SSH keys, and to let the user run various scripts. Bug Fixes and Enhancements: SUSE specific option, STARTMODE, should not exist in...

esc bug fix and enhancement update

The esc packages contain the Enterprise Security Client ESC, which allows the user to manage security smart cards. The primary function of the tool is to enroll smart cards, so that they can be used for common cryptographic operations, such as to secure e-mail and website access. Bug Fixes and...

nmstate bug fix and enhancement update

Nmstate is a library with an accompanying command line tool that manages host networking settings in a declarative manner. Bug Fixes and Enhancements: SR-IOV nmstate shouldn't try to activate VF profiles BZ1931290 SR-IOVi40e nmstate returns before links are created, only when number of VFs is...

idm:DL1 bug fix update

AlmaLinux Identity Management IdM is a centralized authentication, identity management, and authorization solution for both traditional and cloud-based enterprise environments. Bug Fixes: IPA krb5kdc crash possible doublefree ipadbmspacstructfree finishprocessasreq BZ1930562 krb5kdc is crashing...

resource-agents bug fix and enhancement update

The resource-agents packages provide the Pacemaker and RGManager service managers with a set of scripts. These scripts interface with several services to allow operating in a high-availability HA environment. Bug Fixes and Enhancements: azure-lb: nc listener dies when attempting to write to stdou...

pcs bug fix and enhancement update

The pcs packages provide a command-line configuration system for the Pacemaker and Corosync utilities. Bug Fixes and Enhancements: Pcsd logs to system log by mistake BZ1919318...

Important: flatpak security update

Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. Security Fixes: flatpak: "file forwarding" feature can be used to gain unprivileged access to files CVE-2021-21381 For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS score,...

Moderate: virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel security update

Kernel-based Virtual Machine KVM offers a full virtualization solution for Linux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packages which provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM. The packages also provide APIs for managing and interacting with the...

Important: openssl security update

OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer SSL and Transport Layer Security TLS protocols, as well as a full-strength general-purpose cryptography library. Security Fixes: openssl: NULL pointer dereference in signaturealgorithms processing CVE-2021-3449 openssl: CA certificate...

Important: thunderbird security update

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 78.9.0. Security Fixes: Mozilla: Texture upload into an unbound backing buffer resulted in an out-of-bound read CVE-2021-23981 Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 87 and Firefox ESR...

Important: firefox security update

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability. This update upgrades Firefox to version 78.9.0 ESR. Security Fixes: Mozilla: Texture upload into an unbound backing buffer resulted in an out-of-bound read CVE-2021-23981 Mozilla: Memor...

Important: pki-core:10.6 security update

The Public Key Infrastructure PKI Core contains fundamental packages required by AlmaLinux Certificate System. Security Fixes: pki-core: Unprivileged users can renew any certificate CVE-2021-20179 For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and...

Important: wpa_supplicant security update

The wpasupplicant packages contain an 802.1X Supplicant with support for WEP, WPA, WPA2 IEEE 802.11i / RSN, and various EAP authentication methods. They implement key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator for client stations and controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication and association o...

Important: .NET Core on RHEL 8 security and bugfix update

.NET is a managed-software framework. It implements a subset of the .NET framework APIs and several new APIs, and it includes a CLR implementation. New versions of .NET that address a security vulnerability are now available. The updated versions are .NET SDK 5.0.104 and .NET Runtime 5.0.4...

Important: dotnet3.1 security and bugfix update

.NET Core is a managed-software framework. It implements a subset of the .NET framework APIs and several new APIs, and it includes a CLR implementation. New versions of .NET Core that address a security vulnerability are now available. The updated versions are .NET Core SDK 3.1.113 and .NET Core...

Important: dotnet security and bugfix update

.NET Core is a managed-software framework. It implements a subset of the .NET framework APIs and several new APIs, and it includes a CLR implementation. New versions of .NET Core that address a security vulnerability are now available. The updated versions are .NET Core SDK 2.1.522 and .NET Core...

Important: nodejs:14 security and bug fix update

Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the JavaScript programming language. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: nodejs 14.16.0. Security Fixes: nodejs: HTTP2 'unknownProtocol' cause DoS by resource...

Important: nodejs:10 security update

Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the JavaScript programming language. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: nodejs 10.24.0. Security Fixes: nodejs: HTTP2 'unknownProtocol' cause DoS by resource...

Important: nodejs:12 security update

Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the JavaScript programming language. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: nodejs 12.21.0. Security Fixes: nodejs: HTTP2 'unknownProtocol' cause DoS by resource...

Important: virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel security update

Kernel-based Virtual Machine KVM offers a full virtualization solution for Linux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packages which provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM. The packages also provide APIs for managing and interacting with the...

Moderate: grub2 security update

The grub2 packages provide version 2 of the Grand Unified Boot Loader GRUB, a highly configurable and customizable boot loader with modular architecture. The packages support a variety of kernel formats, file systems, computer architectures, and hardware devices. Security Fixes: grub2: acpi comma...

Important: container-tools:2.0 security update

The container-tools module contains tools for working with containers, notably podman, buildah, skopeo, and runc. Security Fixes: podman: container users permissions are not respected in privileged containers CVE-2021-20188 For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS...