RHSA-2020:3658HighCVSS 8.0

Red Hat Security Advisory: librepo security update

Published
September 8, 2020
Last Modified
November 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2020-14352 →

📋 Description

CVE-2020-14352 — librepo: missing path validation in repomd.xml may lead to directory traversal

🎯 Affected products26

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • librepo-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • librepo-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • librepo-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • librepo-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • librepo-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • librepo-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • librepo-debuginfo-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • librepo-debuginfo-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • librepo-debuginfo-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • librepo-debuginfo-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • librepo-debuginfo-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • librepo-debugsource-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • librepo-debugsource-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • librepo-debugsource-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • librepo-debugsource-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • librepo-debugsource-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • python3-librepo-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • python3-librepo-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • python3-librepo-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • python3-librepo-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • python3-librepo-debuginfo-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • python3-librepo-debuginfo-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • python3-librepo-debuginfo-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • python3-librepo-debuginfo-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • python3-librepo-debuginfo-0:1.11.0-3.el8_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)

✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: Avoid downloading software from untrusted third-party mirrors. Note that under normal circumstances, this flaw does not pose any threat to Red Hat users, as repositories are fully trusted and controlled by Red Hat.

🔗 References (4)