Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2019.0022
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2019-0022)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'coreutils' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2019-0022 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'coreutils' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2019-0022 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: A flaw was found in GNU Coreutils through 8.29 in chown-core.c. The functions chown and chgrp do 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 (CVE-2017-18018). A flaw was found in Gnulib before 2018-09-23. The convert_to_decimal function in vasnprintf.c has a heap-based buffer overflow because memory is not allocated for a trailing '\0' character during %f processing (CVE-2018-17942). Affected Software/OS: 'coreutils' package(s) on Mageia 6. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-18018 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2017-12/msg00045.html Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-17942 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMGHTVYH3KAFN34QXNSGEQDSTV7MCOQW/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5UQRNQE6XHMD5UYYHAU3VQWAYHIPMQS/ https://github.com/coreutils/gnulib/commit/278b4175c9d7dd47c1a3071554aac02add3b3c35 https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2018-09/msg00107.html https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=54686
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