ALSA-2021:1609

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    ALSA-2021:1609

    Published: 18 May 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Moderate: p11-kit security, bug fix, and enhancement update

    Details: The p11-kit packages provide a mechanism to manage PKCS#11 modules. The p11-kit-trust subpackage includes a PKCS#11 trust module that provides certificate anchors and black lists based on configuration files. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: p11-kit (0.23.22). (BZ#1887853) Security Fix(es): * p11-kit: integer overflow when allocating memory for arrays or attributes and object identifiers (CVE-2020-29361) * p11-kit: out-of-bounds read in p11_rpc_buffer_get_byte_array function in rpc-message.c (CVE-2020-29362) * p11-kit: out-of-bounds write in p11_rpc_buffer_get_byte_array_value function in rpc-message.c (CVE-2020-29363) 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.

    References: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-1609.html, https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-29361, https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-29362, https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-29363

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: p11-kit

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/p11-kit

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.23.22-1.el8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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