-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: policycoreutils security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:0536-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0536.html Issue date: 2017-03-15 CVE Names: CVE-2016-7545 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for policycoreutils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.1) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.1) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.1) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 3. Description: The policycoreutils packages contain the core policy utilities required to manage a SELinux environment. Security Fix(es): * It was found that the sandbox tool provided in policycoreutils was vulnerable to a TIOCSTI ioctl attack. A specially crafted program executed via the sandbox command could use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands in the context of the parent shell, escaping the sandbox. (CVE-2016-7545) 4. 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 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1378577 - CVE-2016-7545 policycoreutils: SELinux sandbox escape via TIOCSTI ioctl 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.1): Source: policycoreutils-2.2.5-16.el7_1.src.rpm x86_64: policycoreutils-2.2.5-16.el7_1.x86_64.rpm policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.2.5-16.el7_1.x86_64.rpm policycoreutils-newrole-2.2.5-16.el7_1.x86_64.rpm policycoreutils-python-2.2.5-16.el7_1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.1): x86_64: policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.2.5-16.el7_1.i686.rpm policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.2.5-16.el7_1.x86_64.rpm policycoreutils-devel-2.2.5-16.el7_1.i686.rpm policycoreutils-devel-2.2.5-16.el7_1.x86_64.rpm policycoreutils-gui-2.2.5-16.el7_1.x86_64.rpm policycoreutils-restorecond-2.2.5-16.el7_1.x86_64.rpm policycoreutils-sandbox-2.2.5-16.el7_1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1): Source: policycoreutils-2.2.5-16.el7_1.src.rpm ppc64: policycoreutils-2.2.5-16.el7_1.ppc64.rpm policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.2.5-16.el7_1.ppc.rpm policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.2.5-16.el7_1.ppc64.rpm policycoreutils-devel-2.2.5-16.el7_1.ppc.rpm policycoreutils-devel-2.2.5-16.el7_1.ppc64.rpm policycoreutils-gui-2.2.5-16.el7_1.ppc64.rpm policycoreutils-newrole-2.2.5-16.el7_1.ppc64.rpm policycoreutils-python-2.2.5-16.el7_1.ppc64.rpm policycoreutils-sandbox-2.2.5-16.el7_1.ppc64.rpm s390x: policycoreutils-2.2.5-16.el7_1.s390x.rpm policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.2.5-16.el7_1.s390.rpm policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.2.5-16.el7_1.s390x.rpm policycoreutils-devel-2.2.5-16.el7_1.s390.rpm policycoreutils-devel-2.2.5-16.el7_1.s390x.rpm policycoreutils-gui-2.2.5-16.el7_1.s390x.rpm policycoreutils-newrole-2.2.5-16.el7_1.s390x.rpm policycoreutils-python-2.2.5-16.el7_1.s390x.rpm policycoreutils-sandbox-2.2.5-16.el7_1.s390x.rpm x86_64: policycoreutils-2.2.5-16.el7_1.x86_64.rpm policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.2.5-16.el7_1.i686.rpm policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.2.5-16.el7_1.x86_64.rpm policycoreutils-devel-2.2.5-16.el7_1.i686.rpm policycoreutils-devel-2.2.5-16.el7_1.x86_64.rpm policycoreutils-gui-2.2.5-16.el7_1.x86_64.rpm policycoreutils-newrole-2.2.5-16.el7_1.x86_64.rpm policycoreutils-python-2.2.5-16.el7_1.x86_64.rpm policycoreutils-sandbox-2.2.5-16.el7_1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1): Source: policycoreutils-2.2.5-16.ael7b_1.src.rpm ppc64le: policycoreutils-2.2.5-16.ael7b_1.ppc64le.rpm policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.2.5-16.ael7b_1.ppc64le.rpm policycoreutils-devel-2.2.5-16.ael7b_1.ppc64le.rpm policycoreutils-gui-2.2.5-16.ael7b_1.ppc64le.rpm policycoreutils-newrole-2.2.5-16.ael7b_1.ppc64le.rpm policycoreutils-python-2.2.5-16.ael7b_1.ppc64le.rpm policycoreutils-sandbox-2.2.5-16.ael7b_1.ppc64le.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.1): ppc64: policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.2.5-16.el7_1.ppc64.rpm policycoreutils-restorecond-2.2.5-16.el7_1.ppc64.rpm s390x: policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.2.5-16.el7_1.s390x.rpm policycoreutils-restorecond-2.2.5-16.el7_1.s390x.rpm x86_64: policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.2.5-16.el7_1.x86_64.rpm policycoreutils-restorecond-2.2.5-16.el7_1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.1): ppc64le: policycoreutils-debuginfo-2.2.5-16.ael7b_1.ppc64le.rpm policycoreutils-restorecond-2.2.5-16.ael7b_1.ppc64le.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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