CVE catalog
CVE-2018-1063
policycoreutils: CVE-2018-1063
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.40% · Oct 25, 2026
Context relabeling of filesystems is vulnerable to symbolic link attack, allowing a local, unprivileged malicious entity to change the SELinux context of an arbitrary file to a context with few restrictions. This only happens when the relabeling process is done, usually when taking SELinux state from disabled to enable (permissive or enforcing). The issue was found in policycoreutils 2.5-11.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | policycoreutils | sid | 3.11-1 | fixed |
| Debian | policycoreutils | forky | 3.11-1 | fixed |
| Debian | policycoreutils | trixie | 3.8.1-2 | fixed |
| Debian | policycoreutils | bookworm | 3.4-1 | fixed |
| Suse | policycoreutils | linux enterprise server for raspberry pi 12 sp2 | 2.5-10.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | policycoreutils | linux enterprise server 12 sp2 | 2.5-10.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | policycoreutils | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp2 | 2.5-10.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | policycoreutils | linux enterprise server 12 sp3 | 2.5-10.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | policycoreutils | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp3 | 2.5-10.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | policycoreutils | linux enterprise server 11 sp4 | 2.0.79-4.9.3.3 | fixed |
| Suse | policycoreutils | linux enterprise server for sap applications 11 sp4 | 2.0.79-4.9.3.3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | policycoreutils | 14.04 | 2.1.13-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | policycoreutils | 14.04 | 2.2.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | policycoreutils | 14.04 | 2.2.4-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | policycoreutils | 14.04 | 2.2.5-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | policycoreutils | 16.04 | 2.3-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | policycoreutils | source | sid | 2.7-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | policycoreutils | source | forky | 2.7-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | policycoreutils | source | trixie | 2.7-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | policycoreutils | source | bookworm | 2.7-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Suse | policycoreutils | rpm | linux enterprise server for raspberry pi 12 sp2 | 2.5-10.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0926-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | policycoreutils | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp2 | 2.5-10.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0926-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | policycoreutils | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp2 | 2.5-10.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0926-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | policycoreutils | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp3 | 2.5-10.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0926-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | policycoreutils | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp3 | 2.5-10.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0926-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | policycoreutils | rpm | linux enterprise server 11 sp4 | 2.0.79-4.9.3.3 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0927-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | policycoreutils | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 11 sp4 | 2.0.79-4.9.3.3 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0927-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [newrole]Fixed
Source package: [policycoreutils]
Details (2)
3.4-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.7-1dsa · policycoreutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · policycoreutils · debian · 12
3.4-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.7-1dsa · policycoreutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · policycoreutils · debian · 12
- [policycoreutils]Fixed
Details (2)
3.4-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.7-1dsa · policycoreutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · policycoreutils · debian · 12
3.4-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.7-1dsa · policycoreutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · policycoreutils · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [newrole]Fixed
Source package: [policycoreutils]
Details (2)
3.8.1-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.7-1dsa · policycoreutils · debian · 13
3.8.1-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.7-1dsa · policycoreutils · debian · 13
- [policycoreutils]Fixed
Details (2)
3.8.1-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.7-1dsa · policycoreutils · debian · 13
3.8.1-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.7-1dsa · policycoreutils · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2018_0913.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1063]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0926-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0927-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1063]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1063]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2018/cve-2018-1063.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]