AlmaLinuxALSA-2020:4687Moderate: oddjob security, bug fix, and enhancement update
6.3 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.7 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The oddjob packages contain a D-Bus service which performs particular tasks for clients which connect to it and issue requests using the system-wide message bus.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: oddjob (0.34.5). (BZ#1833289)
Security Fix(es):
- oddjob: race condition in oddjob_selinux_mkdir function in mkhomedir.c can lead to symlink attack (CVE-2020-10737)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| almalinux | 8 | x86_64 | oddjob | < 0.34.5-3.el8 | oddjob-0.34.5-3.el8.x86_64.rpm |
| almalinux | 8 | x86_64 | oddjob-mkhomedir | < 0.34.5-3.el8 | oddjob-mkhomedir-0.34.5-3.el8.x86_64.rpm |
References
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6.3 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.7 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P