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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2018:3249-01 Low Severity Setup Issue

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Calendar Grey October 30, 2018
Dist Redhat Esm H88
An update for CentOS 7's installation process addresses a minor security flaw alongside various bug corrections. Review the specifics here.
An update for setup is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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

Summary

The setup package contains a set of important default system configuration and setup files. Examples include /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/profile. Other examples are the default lists of reserved user IDs, reserved ports, reserved protocols, allowed shells, allowed secure terminals.
Security Fix(es):
* setup: nologin listed in /etc/shells violates security expectations (CVE-2018-1113)
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 7.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity system configuration setup issue

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1113 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.6_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: setup-2.8.71-10.el7.src.rpm
noarch: setup-2.8.71-10.el7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: setup-2.8.71-10.el7.src.rpm
noarch: setup-2.8.71-10.el7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: setup-2.8.71-10.el7.src.rpm
noarch: setup-2.8.71-10.el7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
Source: setup-2.8.71-10.el7.src.rpm
noarch: setup-2.8.71-10.el7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: setup-2.8.71-10.el7.src.rpm
noarch: setup-2.8.71-10.el7.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:3249-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3249
Issue date: 2018-10-30

Topic

An update for setup is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity system configuration setup issue

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1566469 - Typing Mistake in /etc/protocols

1571094 - CVE-2018-1113 setup: nologin listed in /etc/shells violates security expectations

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