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openSUSE Security Update : policycoreutils (openSUSE-2018-362)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 109023

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for policycoreutils fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2018-1063: Fixed problem to prevent chcon from following symlinks in /tmp, /var/tmp, /var/run and /var/lib/debug (bsc#1083624).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected policycoreutils packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1083624

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 109023

File Name: openSUSE-2018-362.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/13/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:policycoreutils, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:policycoreutils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:policycoreutils-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:policycoreutils-gui, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:policycoreutils-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:policycoreutils-newrole, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:policycoreutils-newrole-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:policycoreutils-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:policycoreutils-python-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:policycoreutils-sandbox, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:policycoreutils-sandbox-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1063