AlmaLinux 2620 Published by

AlmaLinux released a batch of important security errata, targeting system versions 8, 9, and 10. The patches address critical vulnerabilities across six key packages, including vim, perl-DBI, perl-Archive-Tar, ldns, FRRouting, and mingw-glib2. Flaws in these components range from arbitrary code execution via malicious docstrings and crafted tar headers to heap corruption and DNS poisoning attacks caused by insufficient query-response matching.

ALSA-2026:48650: vim security update (Important)
ALSA-2026:49514: perl-DBI security update (Important)
ALSA-2026:49525: perl-Archive-Tar security update (Important)
ALSA-2026:49520: ldns security update (Important)
ALSA-2026:49524: perl-Archive-Tar security update (Important)
ALSA-2026:49511: frr security update (Important)
ALSA-2026:49512: mingw-glib2 security update (Important)




ALSA-2026:48650: vim security update (Important)


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AlmaLinux: 10
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-08-03

Summary:

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

* vim: Vim: Denial of Service via stack out-of-bounds write in spell_soundfold_sofo() (CVE-2026-57455)
* vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via malicious docstrings in Python omni-completion (CVE-2026-57456)
* vim: Vim: Out-of-bounds Write in Spell File Word Count (CVE-2026-55693)
* vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via crafted PHP file in omni-completion (CVE-2026-59856)
* vim: Vim: Arbitrary command execution via crafted tags file in C omni-completion (CVE-2026-59858)

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.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-48650.html

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ALSA-2026:49514: perl-DBI security update (Important)


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AlmaLinux: 10
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-08-03

Summary:

DBI is a database access Application Programming Interface (API) for the Perl Language. The DBI API Specification defines a set of functions, variables and conventions that provide a consistent database interface independent of the actual database being used.

Security Fix(es):

* DBI: DBI: Arbitrary code execution via caller-influenced Profile attribute (CVE-2026-14380)
* DBI: DBI: Heap overflow when preparsing SQL statements with excessive placeholders (CVE-2026-14739)

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.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-49514.html

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ALSA-2026:49525: perl-Archive-Tar security update (Important)


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AlmaLinux: 9
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-08-03

Summary:

Archive::Tar provides an object oriented mechanism for handling tar files. It provides class methods for quick and easy files handling while also allowing for the creation of tar file objects for custom manipulation. If you have the IO::Zlib module installed, Archive::Tar will also support compressed or gzipped tar files.

Security Fix(es):

* perl-Archive-Tar: perl-Archive-Tar: Denial of Service via crafted tar header with large entry size (CVE-2026-9538)

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.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-49525.html

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ALSA-2026:49520: ldns security update (Important)


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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-08-03

Summary:

The ldns packages contain a library with the aim to simplify DNS programming in C. All low-level DNS/DNSSEC operations are supported. We also define a higher level API which allows a programmer to (for instance) create or sign packets.

Security Fix(es):

* ldns: ldns: Off-path poisoning attacks due to insufficient query-response matching (CVE-2026-10846)

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.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-49520.html

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ALSA-2026:49524: perl-Archive-Tar security update (Important)


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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-08-03

Summary:

Archive::Tar provides an object oriented mechanism for handling tar files. It provides class methods for quick and easy files handling while also allowing for the creation of tar file objects for custom manipulation. If you have the IO::Zlib module installed, Archive::Tar will also support compressed or gzipped tar files.

Security Fix(es):

* perl-Archive-Tar: perl-Archive-Tar: Denial of Service via crafted tar header with large entry size (CVE-2026-9538)

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.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-49524.html

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ALSA-2026:49511: frr security update (Important)


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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-08-03

Summary:

FRRouting is free software that manages TCP/IP based routing protocols. It supports BGP4, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, ISIS, RIP, RIPng, PIM, NHRP, PBR, EIGRP and BFD.

Security Fix(es):

* frr: FRRouting: Denial of Service via crafted BGP UPDATE message (CVE-2026-37460)

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.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-49511.html

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ALSA-2026:49512: mingw-glib2 security update (Important)


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AlmaLinux: 8
Type: Security
Severity: Important
Release date: 2026-08-03

Summary:

GLib provides the core application building blocks for libraries and applications written in C. It provides the core object system used in GNOME, the main loop implementation, and a large set of utility functions for strings and common data structures.

Security Fix(es):

* glib: GLib: Buffer underflow in GVariant parser leads to heap corruption (CVE-2025-14087)
* glib: buffer over-read in glib/gvariant-serialiser.c via gvs_tuple_is_normal() (CVE-2026-58010)
* glib: out-of-bounds read in glib/gdatetime.c:g_date_time_get_ymd via invalid GDateTime (CVE-2026-58011)
* glib: buffer over-read in g_regex_replace() via glib/gregex.c:string_append() and g_utf8_next_char() (CVE-2026-58012)
* glib: buffer over-read in glib/giochannel.c via "g_io_channel_read_line_backend" (CVE-2026-58013)
* glib: off-by-one error in glib/gkeyfile.c via "g_key_file_get_locale_string_list" (CVE-2026-58014)
* glib: path traversal in glib/gio/gdbusauthmechanismsha1.c via keyring_lookup_entry and mechanism_client_data_receive (CVE-2026-58015)
* glib: integer underflow in gio/gdbusintrospection.c via "g_dbus_node_info_new_for_xml" (CVE-2026-58016)

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.

Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-49512.html

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