What does the severity rating in the security advisory mean?

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The severity rating is used to classify the impact of security issues found in Red Hat products, providing a simple way to judge the severity of security updates and to see which issues matter the most. Red Hat rates the impact of vulnerabilities on a four-point scale. The scale takes into account the potential risk of a flaw based on a technical analysis of the exact flaw and its type, but no...

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