RHSA-2022:1618

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2022-04-27 07:25 - Updated: 2025-11-21 18:30
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: convert2rhel security update

Notes

Topic
A security update for convert2rhel is now available for unsupported conversions of CentOS Linux 6 and Oracle Linux 6 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Details
The convert2rhel package provides the Convert2RHEL utility, which performs operating system conversion. During the conversion process, Convert2RHEL replaces all RPM packages from the original Linux distribution with their Red Hat Enterprise Linux version. Security fix: * convert2rhel: Red Hat account password passed via command line by code (CVE-2022-0852) Enhancement: * Enable the conversion of untested 8.6 to 8.10 on release day 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.
Terms of Use
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