vulnerability
Oracle Linux: CVE-2018-1063: ELSA-2018-0913: policycoreutils security, bug fix, and enhancement update (LOW)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Feb 28, 2018 | Apr 19, 2018 | Dec 3, 2025 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Feb 28, 2018
Added
Apr 19, 2018
Modified
Dec 3, 2025
Description
Context relabeling of filesystems is vulnerable to symbolic link attack, allowing a local, unprivileged malicious entity to change the SELinux context of an arbitrary file to a context with few restrictions. This only happens when the relabeling process is done, usually when taking SELinux state from disabled to enable (permissive or enforcing). The issue was found in policycoreutils 2.5-11.
Context relabeling of filesystems is vulnerable to symbolic link attack, allowing a local, unprivileged malicious entity to change the SELinux context of an arbitrary file to a context with few restrictions. This only happens when the relabeling process is done, usually when taking SELinux state from disabled to enable (permissive or enforcing).
Context relabeling of filesystems is vulnerable to symbolic link attack, allowing a local, unprivileged malicious entity to change the SELinux context of an arbitrary file to a context with few restrictions. This only happens when the relabeling process is done, usually when taking SELinux state from disabled to enable (permissive or enforcing).
Solutions
oracle-linux-upgrade-policycoreutilsoracle-linux-upgrade-policycoreutils-develoracle-linux-upgrade-policycoreutils-guioracle-linux-upgrade-policycoreutils-newroleoracle-linux-upgrade-policycoreutils-pythonoracle-linux-upgrade-policycoreutils-restorecondoracle-linux-upgrade-policycoreutils-sandbox
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