Bug 1956302
Summary: | Confined sysadm users cannot read the content of /etc/shadow, even when using getent | ||
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Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Reporter: | Renaud Métrich <rmetrich> |
Component: | selinux-policy | Assignee: | Zdenek Pytela <zpytela> |
Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Milos Malik <mmalik> |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 8.3 | CC: | lvrabec, mmalik, plautrba, ssekidde |
Target Milestone: | rc | Keywords: | Triaged |
Target Release: | 8.5 | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | selinux-policy-3.14.3-77.el8 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix |
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Cause:
A confined sysadm user was unable to access /etc/shadow
Consequence:
The user was denied to read and manage users passwords
Fix:
A rule was added to the policy to allow confined sysadm user manage /etc/shadow
Result:
The user is now able to read and manage users passwords
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Story Points: | --- |
Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
Last Closed: | 2021-11-09 19:43:05 UTC | Type: | Bug |
Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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Bug Blocks: | 1778780 |
Description
Renaud Métrich
2021-05-03 12:44:07 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory (selinux-policy bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:4420 |