SB2022091932 - Brocade Fabric OS update for GNU Coreutils
Published: September 19, 2022
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18018)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to manipulate data.
In GNU Coreutils through 8.29, chown-core.c in chown and chgrp does not prevent replacement of a plain file with a symlink during use of the POSIX "-R -L" options, which allows local users to modify the ownership of arbitrary files by leveraging a race condition.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.