Querying Security Updates

Command format: yum updateinfo <command> [option]

• Run the yum updateinfo command to query all available security updates.

  [root@localhost ~]# yum updateinfo
  Last metadata expiration check: 0:03:05 ago on Thu 08 Sep 2022 05:30:23 PM CST.
  Updates Information Summary: available
  12 Security notice(s)
  4 Critical Security notice(s)
  6 Important Security notice(s)
  2 Moderate Security notice(s)

• Major <command> parameters include:
  • list: lists the available security updates.

    [root@localhost ~]# yum updateinfo list
    Last metadata expiration check: 0:03:32 ago on Thu 08 Sep 2022 05:30:23 PM CST.
    HCE2-SA-2022-0006 Critical/Sec.  curl-7.79.1-2.h6.hce2.x86_64
    HCE2-SA-2022-0011 Moderate/Sec.  gnupg2-2.2.32-1.h6.hce2.x86_64
    HCE2-SA-2022-0002 Important/Sec. kernel-5.10.0-60.18.0.50.h425_2.hce2.x86_64

  • info <SA ID>: queries the security updates of a specific advisory.

    [root@localhost ~]# yum updateinfo info HCE2-SA-2024-0262
    Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:07 ago on Wed 26 Mar 2025 11:08:19 AM CST.
    ===============================================================================
      An update for wget is now available for HCE 2.0
    ===============================================================================
      Update ID: HCE2-SA-2024-0262
           Type: security
        Updated: 2024-09-23 18:09:48
           CVEs: CVE-2024-38428
    Description: Security Fix(es):
               : 
               : url.c in GNU Wget through 1.24.5 mishandles semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, and thus there may be insecure behavior in which data that was supposed to be in the userinfo subcomponent is misinterpreted to be part of the host subcomponent. (CVE-2024-38428)
       Severity: Critical

• Major [option] parameters include:
  • --sec-severity={Critical,Important,Moderate,Low}: queries security updates of a specific level. Values in the brackets can be any combination of security update levels.

    In the following example, --sec-severity=Critical is used to query critical security updates.

    [root@localhost ~]# yum updateinfo list --sec-severity=Critical
    Last metadata expiration check: 0:10:15 ago on Thu 08 Sep 2022 05:30:23 PM CST.
    HCE2-SA-2022-0006 Critical/Sec. curl-7.79.1-2.h6.hce2.x86_64
    HCE2-SA-2022-0003 Critical/Sec. libarchive-3.5.2-1.h2.hce2.x86_64
    HCE2-SA-2022-0006 Critical/Sec. libcurl-7.79.1-2.h6.hce2.x86_64
    ...

    In the following example, --sec-severity={Critical,Moderate} is used to query critical and moderate security updates.

    [root@localhost ~]# yum updateinfo list --sec-severity={Critical,Moderate}
    Last metadata expiration check: 0:11:07 ago on Thu 08 Sep 2022 05:30:23 PM CST.
    HCE2-SA-2022-0006 Critical/Sec. curl-7.79.1-2.h6.hce2.x86_64
    HCE2-SA-2022-0011 Moderate/Sec. gnupg2-2.2.32-1.h6.hce2.x86_64
    HCE2-SA-2022-0003 Critical/Sec. libarchive-3.5.2-1.h2.hce2.x86_64
    ...

  • --cve=<CVE ID>: queries security updates of a specific CVE.

    [root@localhost ~]# yum updateinfo info --cve=CVE-2024-38428
    Last metadata expiration check: 0:11:10 ago on Wed 26 Mar 2025 11:08:19 AM CST.
    ===============================================================================
      An update for wget is now available for HCE 2.0
    ===============================================================================
      Update ID: HCE2-SA-2024-0262
           Type: security
        Updated: 2024-09-23 18:09:48
           CVEs: CVE-2024-38428
    Description: Security Fix(es):
               : 
               : url.c in GNU Wget through 1.24.5 mishandles semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, and thus there may be insecure behavior in which data that was supposed to be in the userinfo subcomponent is misinterpreted to be part of the host subcomponent. (CVE-2024-38428)
       Severity: Critical

Use the yum updateinfo --help command to obtain more information.