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RedHat: RHSA-2019-2047-01 Moderate: Libcgroup Security Issue

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Calendar Grey August 6, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Explore the latest libcgroup security patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, classified with a moderate severity level by Red Hat.
An update for libcgroup 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 libcgroup packages provide tools and libraries to control and monitor control groups.
Security Fix(es):
* libcgroup: cgrulesengd creates log files with insecure permissions (CVE-2018-14348)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate red hat threat security impact libcgroup cgrulesengd

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14348 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html-single/7.7_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: libcgroup-0.41-21.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: libcgroup-0.41-21.el7.i686.rpm libcgroup-0.41-21.el7.x86_64.rpm libcgroup-debuginfo-0.41-21.el7.i686.rpm libcgroup-debuginfo-0.41-21.el7.x86_64.rpm libcgroup-tools-0.41-21.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: libcgroup-debuginfo-0.41-21.el7.i686.rpm libcgroup-debuginfo-0.41-21.el7.x86_64.rpm libcgroup-devel-0.41-21.el7.i686.rpm libcgroup-devel-0.41-21.el7.x86_64.rpm libcgroup-pam-0.41-21.el7.i686.rpm libcgroup-pam-0.41-21.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: libcgroup-0.41-21.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: libcgroup-0.41-21.el7.i686.rpm libcgroup-0.41-21.el7.x86_64.rpm libcgroup-debuginfo-0.41-21.el7.i686.rpm libcgroup-debuginfo-0.41-21.el7.x86_64.rpm libcgroup-tools-0.41-21.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: libcgroup-debuginfo-0.41-21.el7.i686.rpm libcgroup-debuginfo-0.41-21.el7.x86_64.rpm libcgroup-devel-0.41-21.el7.i686.rpm libcgroup-devel-0.41-21.el7.x86_64.rpm libcgroup-pam-0.41-21.el7.i686.rpm libcgroup-pam-0.41-21.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: libcgroup-0.41-21.el7.src.rpm
ppc64: libcgroup-0.41-21.el7.ppc.rpm libcgroup-0.41-21.el7.ppc64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2047-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2047
Issue date: 2019-08-06

Topic

An update for libcgroup 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 red hat threat security impact libcgroup cgrulesengd

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 Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

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

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

Bugs Fixed

1611119 - CVE-2018-14348 libcgroup: cgrulesengd creates log files with insecure permissions

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