RHSA-2021:4325 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for lasso is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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.

Description

The lasso packages provide the Lasso library that implements the Liberty Alliance Single Sign-On standards, including the SAML and SAML2 specifications. It allows handling of the whole life-cycle of SAML-based federations and provides bindings for multiple languages.

Security Fix(es):

• lasso: XML signature wrapping vulnerability when parsing SAML responses (CVE-2021-28091)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 8 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1829785 - [RFE] lasso-devel is not shipped with AppStream. Solution: Add the RPM to CRB.
• BZ - 1940089 - CVE-2021-28091 lasso: XML signature wrapping vulnerability when parsing SAML responses

CVEs

• CVE-2021-28091

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.5_release_notes/