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Fedora 25: SECILC Security Advisory on Sandbox Fixes for CVE-2016-7545

This update backports several fixes from upstream and also fixes sandbox issues including CVE-2016-7545. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-b7e8e980ef 2016-10-10 17:40:40.963439 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : secilc Product : Fedora 25 Version : 2.5 Release : 6.fc25 URL : https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki Summary : The SELinux CIL Compiler Description : The SELinux CIL Compiler is a compiler that converts the CIL language as described on the CIL design wiki into a kernel binary policy file. Please see the CIL Design Wiki at: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/cil/wiki/ for more information about the goals and features on the CIL language. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: This update backports several fixes from upstream and also fixes sandbox issues including CVE-2016-7545 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1378577 - CVE-2016-7545 policycoreutils: SELinux sandbox escape via TIOCSTI ioctl https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378577 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update secilc' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Fedora 26 critical security patchtackles confinement vulnerabilities and incorporates upstream corrections for improved safety.. Secilc Security, Fedora Updates, SELinux Sandbox, Upstream Fixes. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Oct 10, 2016 •Critical Fedora