Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-6798-01 - An update for insights-client is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: insights-client security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:6798-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6798
Issue date: 2023-11-08
Revision: 01
CVE Names: CVE-2023-3972
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Summary:
An update for insights-client is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description:
Red Hat Insights is a service that provides analysis of registered Red Hat-based systems. The insights-client package can gather the required data (such as installed packages, running services, or software configurations) to proactively identify threats to security, performance, and stability across your environment.
Security Fix(es):
* insights-client: unsafe handling of temporary files and directories (CVE-2023-3972)
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.
Solution:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
CVEs:
CVE-2023-3972
References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important