RHBA-2023:7293 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated rhel7 container image is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras.

Description

The rhel7 container image has been updated for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras to address the following security advisory: RHSA-2023:6885 (see References)

Users of rhel7 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 7 Extras container image 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 Server 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 2235789 - CVE-2023-40217 python: TLS handshake bypass

CVEs

• CVE-2023-40217

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6885
• https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/registry/registry.access.redhat.com/repository/rhel7