oddjob-0.34.5-3.el8

The oddjob packages contain a D-Bus service which performs particular tasks for clients which connect to it and issue requests using the system-wide message bus.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: oddjob (0.34.5).

Security Fix(es):

* oddjob: race condition in oddjob_selinux_mkdir function in mkhomedir.c can lead to symlink attack (CVE-2020-10737)

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.

Additional Changes:

CVE-2020-10737
A race condition was found in the mkhomedir tool shipped with the oddjob package in versions before 0.34.5 and 0.34.6 wherein, during the home creation, mkhomedir copies the /etc/skel directory into the newly created home and changes its ownership to the home's user without properly checking the homedir path. This flaw allows an attacker to leverage this issue by creating a symlink point to a target folder, which then has its ownership transferred to the new home directory's unprivileged user.