QID 281940

Date Published: 2021-10-05

QID 281940: Fedora Security Update for squashfs (FEDORA-2021-9fb6da134f)

Fedora has released a security update for squashfs to fix the vulnerability.

Affected OS:
Fedora 33

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Malicious users could use this vulnerability to change partial contents or configuration on the system. Additionally this vulnerability can also be used to cause a limited denial of service in the form of interruptions in resource availability.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.1 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.8 severity.

Solution

Fedora has issued updated packages to fix this vulnerability.

For more information about the vulnerability and obtaining patches, refer to the following Fedora security advisories:
Fedora 33 Update

Vendor References

FEDORA-2021-9fb6da134f - bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-9fb6da134f

CVEs related to QID 281940

CVE-2021-40153 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
FEDORA-2021-9fb6da134f	Fedora 33		bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-9fb6da134f

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