RHSA-2021:2566

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2021-06-29 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 11:15
Summary
security update for fwupd
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: security update for fwupd
Description of the patch: This security update provides a functional equivalent of RHSA-2021:2566. The original Red Hat(R) advisory is available from the Red Hat web site at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2566.
Patchnames: RHSA-2021:2566
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2020-14372
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 8:fwupd-0:1.5.9-1.el8_4.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2020-25632
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 1 product, the same list as for CVE-2020-14372
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2020-25647
7.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 1 product, the same list as for CVE-2020-14372
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2020-27749
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 1 product, the same list as for CVE-2020-14372
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2020-27779
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 1 product, the same list as for CVE-2020-14372
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2021-20225
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 1 product, the same list as for CVE-2020-14372
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2021-20233
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 1 product, the same list as for CVE-2020-14372
Threats
Impact important
References
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            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.1"
          },
          "products": [
            "SUSE Liberty Linux 8:fwupd-0:1.5.9-1.el8_4.x86_64"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "threats": [
        {
          "category": "impact",
          "date": "2021-06-29T00:00:00Z",
          "details": "important"
        }
      ],
      "title": "CVE-2021-20233"
    }
  ]
}



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