Security update for policycoreutils

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0927-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-1063 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2018-1063 ( NVD ): 4.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for policycoreutils fixes the following issues:

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

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-policycoreutils-13556=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-policycoreutils-13556=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • policycoreutils-2.0.79-4.9.3.3
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • policycoreutils-2.0.79-4.9.3.3

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