RedHat: RHSA-2018-0842:01 Low: xdg-user-dirs security and bug fix update
Summary
xdg-user-dirs is a tool to create and configure default desktop user
directories such as the Music and the Desktop directories.
Security Fix(es):
* xdg-user-dirs, gnome-session: Xsession creation of XDG user directories
does not honor system umask policy (CVE-2017-15131)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in
the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15131 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.5_release_notes/index.html
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
xdg-user-dirs-0.15-5.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
xdg-user-dirs-0.15-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
xdg-user-dirs-debuginfo-0.15-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source:
xdg-user-dirs-0.15-5.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
xdg-user-dirs-0.15-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
xdg-user-dirs-debuginfo-0.15-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
xdg-user-dirs-0.15-5.el7.src.rpm
ppc64:
xdg-user-dirs-0.15-5.el7.ppc64.rpm
xdg-user-dirs-debuginfo-0.15-5.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
xdg-user-dirs-0.15-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm
xdg-user-dirs-debuginfo-0.15-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
xdg-user-dirs-0.15-5.el7.s390x.rpm
xdg-user-dirs-debuginfo-0.15-5.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
xdg-user-dirs-0.15-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
xdg-user-dirs-debuginfo-0.15-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
Source:
xdg-user-dirs-0.15-5.el7.src.rpm
aarch64:
xdg-user-dirs-0.15-5.el7.aarch64.rpm
xdg-user-dirs-debuginfo-0.15-5.el7.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
xdg-user-dirs-0.15-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm
xdg-user-dirs-debuginfo-0.15-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
xdg-user-dirs-0.15-5.el7.s390x.rpm
xdg-user-dirs-debuginfo-0.15-5.el7.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
xdg-user-dirs-0.15-5.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
xdg-user-dirs-0.15-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
xdg-user-dirs-debuginfo-0.15-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
An update for xdg-user-dirs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x
Bugs Fixed
1412762 - Xsession creation of XDG user directories does not honor system umask policy
1455094 - CVE-2017-15131 xdg-user-dirs, gnome-session: Xsession creation of XDG user directories does not honor system umask policy