RedHat setup CVE-2018-1113 Authorization Bypass Vulnerability

Description

The setup package contains a set of important default system configuration and setup files. Examples include /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/profile. Other examples are the default lists of reserved user IDs, reserved ports, reserved protocols, allowed shells, allowed secure terminals. Security Fix(es): * setup: nologin listed in /etc/shells violates security expectations (CVE-2018-1113) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Affected Applications

setup

CVE References

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