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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: RHSA-2019-1517-01 Moderate gvfs Security Fix

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An update for gvfs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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

GVFS is the GNOME Desktop Virtual File System layer that allows users to easily access local and remote data using File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Secure Shell File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV), Common Internet File System (CIFS), Server Message Block (SMB), and other protocols. GVFS integrates with the GNOME I/O (GIO) abstraction layer.
Security Fix(es):
* gvfs: Incorrect authorization in admin backend allows privileged users to read and modify arbitrary files without prompting for password (CVE-2019-3827)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat access control gvfs

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3827 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: gvfs-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.src.rpm
aarch64: gvfs-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm gvfs-afc-debuginfo-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm gvfs-afp-debuginfo-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm gvfs-archive-debuginfo-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm gvfs-client-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm gvfs-client-debuginfo-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm gvfs-debuginfo-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm gvfs-debugsource-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm gvfs-devel-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm gvfs-fuse-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm gvfs-fuse-debuginfo-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm gvfs-goa-debuginfo-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm gvfs-gphoto2-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm gvfs-gphoto2-debuginfo-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm gvfs-mtp-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm gvfs-mtp-debuginfo-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm gvfs-smb-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm gvfs-smb-debuginfo-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: gvfs-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm gvfs-afc-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm gvfs-afc-debuginfo-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm gvfs-afp-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm gvfs-afp-debuginfo-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm gvfs-archive-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm gvfs-archive-debuginfo-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm gvfs-client-1.36.2-2.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:1517-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1517
Issue date: 2019-06-18

Topic

An update for gvfs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.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 update Red Hat access control gvfs

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1665578 - CVE-2019-3827 gvfs: Incorrect authorization in admin backend allows privileged users to read and modify arbitrary files without prompting for password

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