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Low ALSA-2020:4436 1 CVE

Low: gnome-software and fwupd security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Nov 3, 2020 · Updated Nov 5, 2026

Summary

The gnome-software packages contain an application that makes it easy to add, remove, and update software in the GNOME desktop.

The appstream-data package provides the distribution specific AppStream metadata required for the GNOME and KDE software centers.

The fwupd packages provide a service that allows session software to update device firmware.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: gnome-software (3.36.1), fwupd (1.4.2).

Security Fix(es):

* fwupd: Possible bypass in signature verification (CVE-2020-10759)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 appstream-data 8-20200724.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 libxmlb 0.1.15-1.el8

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10759
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1797932
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1815502
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1839774
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1844316
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1844488
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1845714
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2020-4436.html
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-10759