Red Hat Updates
1741Warning Date
Severity Level
Warning Number
Target Sector
2 May, 2021
● High
2021-2851
All
Description:
Red Hat has released security updates to address a vulnerability in the following product:
- bind
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Threats:
Attacker could exploit this vulnerability by doing the following:
- Bypass of a protection mechanism
Best practice and Recommendations:
The CERT team encourages users to review Red Hat security advisory and apply the necessary updates: