Security update for policycoreutils

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0926-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
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:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

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).

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 for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2018-622=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-622=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-622=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-622=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-622=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-622=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-622=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • policycoreutils-python-debuginfo-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-python-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-debugsource-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-2.5-10.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • policycoreutils-python-debuginfo-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-python-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-debugsource-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-2.5-10.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • policycoreutils-python-debuginfo-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-python-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-debugsource-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-2.5-10.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • policycoreutils-python-debuginfo-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-python-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-debugsource-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-2.5-10.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • policycoreutils-python-debuginfo-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-python-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-debugsource-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-2.5-10.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • policycoreutils-python-debuginfo-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-python-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-debugsource-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-2.5-10.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • policycoreutils-python-debuginfo-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-python-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-debugsource-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.5-10.3.1
    • policycoreutils-2.5-10.3.1

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