RHSA-2020:5012MediumCVSS 8.0

Red Hat Security Advisory: librepo security update

Published
November 10, 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 products68

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)
  • librepo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • librepo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • librepo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • librepo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • librepo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • librepo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • librepo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • librepo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • librepo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • librepo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • librepo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • librepo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • librepo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • librepo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • librepo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • librepo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • librepo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • librepo-debuginfo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)
  • librepo-debuginfo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)
  • librepo-debuginfo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)
  • librepo-debuginfo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • librepo-debuginfo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)
  • librepo-debuginfo-0:1.8.1-8.el7_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
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✅ 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)