SB2018041043 - Red Hat update for policycoreutils 



SB2018041043 - Red Hat update for policycoreutils

Published: April 10, 2018 Updated: April 13, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018041043
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Symlink attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1063)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to launch symlink attack on the target system.

The weakness exists in the /tmp and /var/tmp directories improper security restrictions when presenting the relabeling process through symlinks. A local attacker can modify the SELinux context of arbitrary files and conduct symlink attacks.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.