RHSA-2023:6264 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for insights-client is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

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

Red Hat Insights is a service that provides analysis of registered Red Hat-based systems. The insights-client package can gather the required data (such as installed packages, running services, or software configurations) to proactively identify threats to security, performance, and stability across your environment.

Security Fix(es):

• insights-client: unsafe handling of temporary files and directories (CVE-2023-3972)

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.

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 Server - AUS 8.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2227027 - CVE-2023-3972 insights-client: unsafe handling of temporary files and directories

CVEs

• CVE-2023-3972

References

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