RHSA-2022:8852 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for numpy is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2.4 (Train) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.4.

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

A fast multidimensional array facility for Python

Security Fix(es):

• NULL pointer dereference in numpy.sort in the PyArray_DescrNew() due

to missing return-value validation (CVE-2021-41495)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page listed in 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 OpenStack for IBM Power 16.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat OpenStack 16.2 x86_64
• Red Hat OpenStack Director Deployment Tools 16.2 x86_64
• Red Hat OpenStack Director Deployment Tools for IBM Power LE 16.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Cinderlib 16.2 x86_64
• Cinderlib for IBM Power LE 16.2 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 2035037 - CVE-2021-41495 numpy: NULL pointer dereference in numpy.sort in in the PyArray_DescrNew() due to missing return-value validation

CVEs

• CVE-2021-41495

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate