4.5 MEDIUM
- CVSS version: 3.1
- Attack vector (AV): LOCAL
- Attack complexity (AC): HIGH
- Privileges required (PR): LOW
- User interaction (UI): NONE
- Scope (S): UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality impact (C): LOW
- Integrity impact (I): LOW
- Availability impact (A): LOW
Activity log
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uutils coreutils chcon Security Bypass and Mandatory Access Control (MAC) Inconsistency via TOCTOU Race Condition
A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability exists in the chcon utility of uutils coreutils during recursive operations. The implementation resolves recursive targets using a fresh path lookup (via fts_accpath) rather than binding the traversal and label application to the specific directory state encountered during traversal. Because these operations are not anchored to file descriptors, a local attacker with write access to a directory tree can exploit timing-sensitive rename or symbolic link races to redirect a privileged recursive relabeling operation to unintended files or directories. This vulnerability breaks the hardening expectations for SELinux administration workflows and can lead to the unauthorized modification of security labels on sensitive system objects.
References
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https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.8.0 vendor-advisory
Affected products
- <0.8.0
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.coreutils
GNU Core Utilities
pkgs.coreutils-full
GNU Core Utilities
pkgs.policycoreutils
SELinux policy core utilities
pkgs.uutils-coreutils
Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils
pkgs.coreutils-prefixed
GNU Core Utilities
pkgs.uutils-coreutils-noprefix
Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils
pkgs.minimal-bootstrap.coreutils
The GNU Core Utilities
pkgs.selinuxPackages.policycoreutils
SELinux policy core utilities
pkgs.minimal-bootstrap.coreutils-musl
The GNU Core Utilities
pkgs.minimal-bootstrap.coreutils-static
The GNU Core Utilities
Package maintainers
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@dasJ Janne Heß <janne@hess.ooo>
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@mdaniels5757 Michael Daniels <nix@mdaniels.me>
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@infinisil Silvan Mosberger <contact@infinisil.com>
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@pyrox0 Pyrox <pyrox@pyrox.dev>
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@balsoft Alexander Bantyev <balsoft75@gmail.com>
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@siraben Siraphob Phipathananunth <bensiraphob@gmail.com>
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@Gskartwii Aleksi Hannula <ahannula4@gmail.com>
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@06kellyjac Jack <hello+nixpkgs@j-k.io>
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@emilytrau Emily Trau <emily+nix@downunderctf.com>
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@Ericson2314 John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems>
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@Artturin Artturi N <artturin@artturin.com>
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@alejandrosame Alejandro Sánchez Medina <alejandrosanchzmedina@gmail.com>
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@RossComputerGuy Tristan Ross <tristan.ross@midstall.com>
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@numinit Morgan Jones <me+nixpkgs@numin.it>
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@matthiasbeyer Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de>
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@GaetanLepage Gaetan Lepage <gaetan@glepage.com>