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RHEL-8: RHSA-2022-6269-01 Moderate: Convert2RHEL Activation Key Issue

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Calendar Grey August 31, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A new release for convert2rhel brings significant security updates and improvements; discover the effects and resolutions.
An update for convert2rhel is now available for Convert2RHEL for RHEL-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

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 versions.
Security Fix(es):
* convert2rhel: Activation key passed via command line by code (CVE-2022-0851)
Bug Fix(es):
* Using dbus API for RHSM registration to safely pass the activation key * Verifying GPG key for UBI repositories
Deprecation:
* Deprecated `-f|--password-from-file` parameter option.
Enhancement(s):
* Checking if a new version of convert2rhel is available * Warning if multiple authentication sources are specified * Fixed logging error with unavailable RHSM certificate * Fixed handling shim-x64 package protection on non-UEFI systems
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 Red Hat bug fix convert2rhel activation key

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0851 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Convert2RHEL for RHEL-8:
Source: convert2rhel-1.0-1.el8.src.rpm
noarch: convert2rhel-1.0-1.el8.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/


Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:6269-01
Product: Convert2RHEL
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6269
Issue date: 2022-08-31

Topic

An update for convert2rhel is now available for Convert2RHEL for RHEL-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 Red Hat bug fix convert2rhel activation key

Relevant Releases Architectures

Convert2RHEL for RHEL-8 - noarch

Bugs Fixed

2060217 - CVE-2022-0851 convert2rhel: Activation key passed via command line by code

6. JIRA issues fixed (https://redhat.atlassian.net/jira/projects):

RHELC-126 - Unknown tag in rpm query format call

RHELC-251 - Move yum clean metadata and yum makecache to the beginning of conversion

RHELC-332 - Check for a new version available

RHELC-367 - Update grub bootloader images

RHELC-411 - Add the ability to take the activation key from a config file rather than the command line

RHELC-413 - Check whether the user has specified multiple authentication sources and warn if so

RHELC-45 - Incorrectly logging error with unavailable RHSM certificate

RHELC-597 - Use dbus API for RHSM registration

RHELC-678 - Remove UEFI condition from shim-x64 workaround

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