RHBA-2023:3255 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 container images are now available

Description

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 container images have been updated to address the following security advisory: RHSA-2023:3246 (see References)

Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 container images are advised to upgrade to these updated images, which contain backported patches to correct these security issues, fix these bugs and add these enhancements. Users of these images are also encouraged to rebuild all container images that depend on these images.

You can find images updated by this advisory in Red Hat Container Catalog (see References).

Solution

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 container images provided by this update can be downloaded from the Red Hat Container Registry at registry.access.redhat.com. Installation instructions for your platform are available at Red Hat Container Catalog (see References).

Dockerfiles and scripts should be amended either to refer to this new image specifically, or to the latest image generally.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 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 8.8 x86_64
• 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 Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
• 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 Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2168160 - CVE-2023-22490 git: data exfiltration with maliciously crafted repository
• BZ - 2168161 - CVE-2023-23946 git: git apply: a path outside the working tree can be overwritten with crafted input
• BZ - 2188333 - CVE-2023-25652 git: by feeding specially crafted input to `git apply --reject`, a path outside the working tree can be overwritten with partially controlled contents
• BZ - 2188337 - CVE-2023-25815 git: malicious placement of crafted messages when git was compiled with runtime prefix
• BZ - 2188338 - CVE-2023-29007 git: arbitrary configuration injection when renaming or deleting a section from a configuration file

CVEs

• CVE-2022-25147
• CVE-2023-22490
• CVE-2023-23946
• CVE-2023-25652
• CVE-2023-25815
• CVE-2023-29007

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3246
• https://access.redhat.com/containers