RHSA-2024:0751 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: libmaxminddb security update

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 8

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · February 9, 2024

Updated · June 27, 2026

Topic

An update for libmaxminddb is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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

The libmaxminddb package contains the MaxMind DB library.

Security Fix(es):

  • libmaxminddb: improper initialization in dump_entry_data_list() in maxminddb.c (CVE-2020-28241)

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.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2024:0751 — Red Hat Security Advisory: libmaxminddb security update | PulseLinux