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Scientific Linux Security Update : policycoreutils on SL7.x x86_64 (20180410)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 109457

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Security Fix(es) :

 - policycoreutils: Relabelling of symbolic links in /tmp and /var/tmp change the context of their target instead (CVE-2018-1063)

This issue was discovered by Renaud Mtrich (Red Hat).

Additional Changes :

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?93e0c128

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 109457

File Name: sl_20180410_policycoreutils_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/1/2018

Updated: 2/24/2020

Supported Sensors: 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:fermilab:scientific_linux:policycoreutils, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:policycoreutils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:policycoreutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:policycoreutils-gui, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:policycoreutils-newrole, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:policycoreutils-python, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:policycoreutils-restorecond, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:policycoreutils-sandbox, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1063