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Unscored RHSA-2020:1189 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: libqb security update

Published Sep 16, 2024 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Fixed packages 12

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client libqb 0:1.0.1-9.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client libqb-debuginfo 0:1.0.1-9.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client libqb-devel 0:1.0.1-9.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode libqb 0:1.0.1-9.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode libqb-debuginfo 0:1.0.1-9.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode libqb-devel 0:1.0.1-9.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server libqb 0:1.0.1-9.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server libqb-debuginfo 0:1.0.1-9.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server libqb-devel 0:1.0.1-9.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation libqb 0:1.0.1-9.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation libqb-debuginfo 0:1.0.1-9.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation libqb-devel 0:1.0.1-9.el7

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —

    libqb before 1.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack, because it uses predictable fi…

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.8_release_notes/index
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1695948
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2020/rhsa-2020_1189.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12779
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12779
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12779