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ELSA-2013-0215 Important: Oracle Linux abrt and libreport security update

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ELSA-2013-0215 Important: Oracle Linux abrt and libreport security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/01/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/01/2013
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

abrt-action-install-debuginfo in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) 2.0.9 and earlier allows local users to set world-writable permissions for arbitrary files and possibly gain privileges via a symlink attack on "the directories used to store information about crashes."

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-abrt
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-abrt-addon-ccpp
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-abrt-addon-kerneloops
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-abrt-addon-python
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-abrt-addon-vmcore
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-abrt-cli
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-abrt-desktop
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-abrt-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-abrt-gui
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-abrt-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-abrt-tui
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libreport
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libreport-cli
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libreport-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libreport-gtk
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libreport-gtk-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libreport-newt
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libreport-plugin-bugzilla
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libreport-plugin-kerneloops
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libreport-plugin-logger
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libreport-plugin-mailx
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libreport-plugin-reportuploader
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libreport-python

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