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ELSA-2012-0311 Low: Oracle Linux ibutils security and bug fix update

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ELSA-2012-0311 Low: Oracle Linux ibutils security and bug fix update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/07/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/23/2012
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Red Hat build script for the ibmssh executable in ibutils packages before ibutils-1.5.7-2.el6 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and ibutils-1.2-11.2.el5 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan Horse program in refix/lib/, related to an incorrect RPATH setting in the ELF header.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ibutils
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ibutils-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ibutils-libs

References

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