QID 240306

Date Published: 2022-05-11

QID 240306: Red Hat Update for fapolicyd security (RHSA-2022:1898)

fapolicyd (file access policy daemon) implements application whitelisting to decide file access rights.
Applications that are known via a reputation source are allowed access while unknown applications are not.
The daemon makes use of the kernel's fanotify interface to determine file access rights.

Security Fix(es):

fapolicyd: fapolicyd wrongly prepares ld.so path (cve-2022-1117)

Affected Products:

Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
Red Hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 8 s390x
Red Hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 8 ppc64le
Red Hat enterprise linux for arm 64 8 aarch64

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.6 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.

Solution

Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2022:1898 for updates and patch information.

Vendor References

RHSA-2022:1898 - access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1898

CVEs related to QID 240306

CVE-2022-1117 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
RHSA-2022:1898	Red Hat Enterprise Linux		access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1898

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