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Red Hat Updates

2025
Classification
These posts contain security alerts, including digital loopholes, electronic attacks, technical updates, and they are classified base on the level of severity.

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Warning Date

Severity Level

Warning Number

Target Sector

22 December, 2020

● High

2020-2240

All

Description:

Red Hat has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in the following products:

  • openssl
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 x86_64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.1 s390x
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.1 ppc64le
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 aarch64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 ppc64le
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 x86_64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.2 x86_64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.3 x86_64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4 x86_64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.4 x86_64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 ppc64le
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 x86_64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6 x86_64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6 s390x
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64le
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7 ppc64le
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 ppc64le
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7 s390x
  • libpq
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.0 ppc64le
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.0 x86_64
  • thunderbird
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 x86_64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.1 ppc64le
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 ppc64le
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 x86_64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.0 ppc64le
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.0 x86_64
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 for RHEL 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 for RHEL 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for Power 4.6 for RHEL 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for IBM Z and LinuxONE 4.6 for RHEL 8 s390x
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 for RHEL 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for Power 4.6 for RHEL 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for IBM Z and LinuxONE 4.6 for RHEL 8 s390x

Threats:

Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:

  • Denial of service (DoS)
  • Sensitive information disclosure
  • Execute arbitrary code as a root user

Best practice and Recommendations:

The CERT team encourages users to review Red Hat security advisory and apply the necessary updates:

Last updated at 22 December, 2020

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