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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 RHSA-2022:4824-01 Moderate Fapolicyd Bug Fix

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Calendar Grey May 31, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
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An update for fapolicyd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support

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

Fapolicyd (File Access Policy Daemon) implements application whitelisting to decide file access rights. Applications that are known via a reputation source are allowed access while unknown applications are not. The daemon makes use of the kernel's fanotify interface to determine file access rights.
Security Fix(es):
* fapolicyd: fapolicyd wrongly prepares ld.so path (CVE-2022-1117)
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.
Bug Fix(es):
* Faulty handling of static applications (BZ#2084549)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate threat fapolicyd

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1117 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.4):
Source: fapolicyd-1.0.2-6.el8_4.1.src.rpm
aarch64: fapolicyd-1.0.2-6.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm fapolicyd-debuginfo-1.0.2-6.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm fapolicyd-debugsource-1.0.2-6.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm
noarch: fapolicyd-selinux-1.0.2-6.el8_4.1.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: fapolicyd-1.0.2-6.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm fapolicyd-debuginfo-1.0.2-6.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm fapolicyd-debugsource-1.0.2-6.el8_4.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: fapolicyd-1.0.2-6.el8_4.1.s390x.rpm fapolicyd-debuginfo-1.0.2-6.el8_4.1.s390x.rpm fapolicyd-debugsource-1.0.2-6.el8_4.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: fapolicyd-1.0.2-6.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm fapolicyd-debuginfo-1.0.2-6.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm fapolicyd-debugsource-1.0.2-6.el8_4.1.x86_64.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/


Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:4824-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4824
Issue date: 2022-05-31

Topic

An update for fapolicyd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4Extended Update Support.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 bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate threat fapolicyd

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.4) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2068171 - CVE-2022-1117 fapolicyd: fapolicyd wrongly prepares ld.so path

2084549 - Faulty handling of static applications [rhel-8.4.0.z]

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