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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2018:3324-01 Moderate: Fuse Fix Bypass

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Calendar Grey October 30, 2018
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat issued a moderate security advisory for fuse, addressing a vulnerability that allows SELinux bypass. More details on the fix are available here
An update for fuse 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 fuse packages contain the File System in Userspace (FUSE) tools to mount a FUSE file system. With FUSE, it is possible to implement a fully functional file system in a user-space program.
Security Fix(es):
* fuse: bypass of the "user_allow_other" restriction when SELinux is active (CVE-2018-10906)
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux SELinux fuse bypass restriction

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10906 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate 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: fuse-2.9.2-11.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: fuse-2.9.2-11.el7.x86_64.rpm fuse-debuginfo-2.9.2-11.el7.i686.rpm fuse-debuginfo-2.9.2-11.el7.x86_64.rpm fuse-libs-2.9.2-11.el7.i686.rpm fuse-libs-2.9.2-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: fuse-debuginfo-2.9.2-11.el7.i686.rpm fuse-debuginfo-2.9.2-11.el7.x86_64.rpm fuse-devel-2.9.2-11.el7.i686.rpm fuse-devel-2.9.2-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: fuse-2.9.2-11.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: fuse-2.9.2-11.el7.x86_64.rpm fuse-debuginfo-2.9.2-11.el7.i686.rpm fuse-debuginfo-2.9.2-11.el7.x86_64.rpm fuse-libs-2.9.2-11.el7.i686.rpm fuse-libs-2.9.2-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: fuse-debuginfo-2.9.2-11.el7.i686.rpm fuse-debuginfo-2.9.2-11.el7.x86_64.rpm fuse-devel-2.9.2-11.el7.i686.rpm fuse-devel-2.9.2-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: fuse-2.9.2-11.el7.src.rpm
ppc64: fuse-2.9.2-11.el7.ppc64.rpm fuse-debuginfo-2.9.2-11.el7.ppc.rpm fuse-debuginfo-2.9.2-11.el7.ppc64.rpm fuse-devel-2.9.2-11.el7.ppc.rpm fuse-devel-2.9.2-11.el7.ppc64.rpm fuse-libs-2.9.2-11.el7.ppc.rpm fuse-libs-2.9.2-11.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: fuse-2.9.2-11.el7.ppc64le.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:3324-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3324
Issue date: 2018-10-30

Topic

An update for fuse is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. 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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux SELinux fuse bypass restriction

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (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

1602996 - CVE-2018-10906 fuse: bypass of the "user_allow_other" restriction when SELinux is active

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