Red Hat Update
2978Warning Date
Severity Level
Warning Number
Target Sector
24 December, 2019
● High
2019-763
All
Description:
Red Hat has released a security update to address vulnerabilities in the following products:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.1 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.1 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
- 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
Threats:
Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:
- Denial of service attack (DoS)
- Execute arbitrary code remotely
Best practice and Recommendations:
The CERT team encourages users to review Red Hat security advisory and apply the necessary updates: