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RedHat 7: RHSA-2018-3676-01 Moderate: .NET Core Arbitrary File Creation

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Calendar Grey November 27, 2018
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Attention: Security alert regarding .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux highlights potential vulnerability related to unauthorized file generation.
An update for rh-dotnet21-dotnet is now available for .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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

.NET Core is a managed software framework. It implements a subset of the .NET framework APIs and several new APIs, and it includes a CLR implementation.
A new version of .NET Core that addresses a security vulnerability is now available. The updated version is .NET Core 2.1.5.
Security Fix(es):
* .NET Core: Arbitrary file and directory creation (CVE-2018-8416)
For more information, please refer to the upstream docs in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update Red Hat Enterprise Linux security impact moderate security arbitrary file creation

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8416 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

.NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: rh-dotnet21-dotnet-2.1.500-5.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: rh-dotnet21-dotnet-2.1.500-5.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-dotnet21-dotnet-debuginfo-2.1.500-5.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-dotnet21-dotnet-host-2.1.6-5.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-dotnet21-dotnet-runtime-2.1-2.1.6-5.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-dotnet21-dotnet-sdk-2.1-2.1.500-5.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-dotnet21-dotnet-sdk-2.1.5xx-2.1.500-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
.NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: rh-dotnet21-dotnet-2.1.500-5.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: rh-dotnet21-dotnet-2.1.500-5.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-dotnet21-dotnet-debuginfo-2.1.500-5.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-dotnet21-dotnet-host-2.1.6-5.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-dotnet21-dotnet-runtime-2.1-2.1.6-5.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-dotnet21-dotnet-sdk-2.1-2.1.500-5.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-dotnet21-dotnet-sdk-2.1.5xx-2.1.500-5.el7.x86_64.rpm
.NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: rh-dotnet21-dotnet-2.1.500-5.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: rh-dotnet21-dotnet-2.1.500-5.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-dotnet21-dotnet-debuginfo-2.1.500-5.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-dotnet21-dotnet-host-2.1.6-5.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-dotnet21-dotnet-runtime-2.1-2.1.6-5.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-dotnet21-dotnet-sdk-2.1-2.1.500-5.el7.x86_64.rpm rh-dotnet21-dotnet-sdk-2.1.5xx-2.1.500-5.el7.x86_64.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:3676-01
Product: .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3676
Issue date: 2018-11-27

Topic

An update for rh-dotnet21-dotnet is now available for .NET Core on Red HatEnterprise Linux.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 software update Red Hat Enterprise Linux security impact moderate security arbitrary file creation

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

.NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - x86_64

.NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1649693 - CVE-2018-8416 .NET Core: Arbitrary file and directory creation

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