RHSA-2022:4824 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for fapolicyd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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.

Description

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)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

• Faulty handling of static applications (BZ#2084549)

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2068171 - CVE-2022-1117 fapolicyd: fapolicyd wrongly prepares ld.so path
• BZ - 2084549 - Faulty handling of static applications [rhel-8.4.0.z]

CVEs

• CVE-2022-1117

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate