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Red Hat 7 RHSA-2022:1617-01 Important: convert2rhel Code Issue

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Calendar Grey April 27, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The latest convert2rhel update significantly boosts security measures for those migrating from CentOS to RHEL. Key enhancements and essential fixes are detailed below.
A security update for convert2rhel is now available for supported conversions of CentOS Linux 7 and Oracle Linux 7 to 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 convert2rhel package provides the Convert2RHEL utility, which performs operating system conversion. During the conversion process, Convert2RHEL replaces all RPM packages from the original Linux distribution with their Red Hat Enterprise Linux version.
Security fix:
* convert2rhel: Red Hat account password passed via command line by code (CVE-2022-0852)
Enhancement:
* Enable the conversion of untested 8.6 to 8.10 on release day
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat important security impact convert2rhel command OS conversion

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0852 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/converting_from_an_rpm-based_linux_distribution_to_rhel/index https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/convert2rhel-support

Package List

Convert2RHEL for RHEL-7:
Source: convert2rhel-0.25-4.el7.src.rpm
noarch: convert2rhel-0.25-4.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-2022:1617-01
Product: Convert2RHEL
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1617
Issue date: 2022-04-27

Topic

A security update for convert2rhel is now available for supportedconversions of CentOS Linux 7 and Oracle Linux 7 to Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat important security impact convert2rhel command OS conversion

Relevant Releases Architectures

Convert2RHEL for RHEL-7 - noarch

Bugs Fixed

2060129 - CVE-2022-0852 convert2rhel: Red Hat account password passed via command line by code

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