SB2018022811 - Symlink attack in GNU policycoreutils
Published: February 28, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018022811
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Symlink attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1063)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to launch symlink attack on the target system.The weakness exists in the /tmp and /var/tmp directories improper security restrictions when presenting the relabeling process through symlinks. A local attacker can modify the SELinux context of arbitrary files and conduct symlink attacks.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.