CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-4445
7.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-04-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-77
Description
The fix_lookup_id function in sealert in setroubleshoot before 3.2.23 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands as root by triggering an SELinux denial with a crafted file name, related to executing external commands with the commands.getstatusoutput function.
Affected configurations
• setroubleshoot project setroubleshoot (<= 3.2.22)
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux hpc node 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command weakness
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/575 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91430 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036144 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1339183 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/2d12677629ca319310f6263688bb1b7f676c01b7 Patch
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1267.html Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/575 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91430 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036144 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1339183 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/2d12677629ca319310f6263688bb1b7f676c01b7 Patch
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1267.html Third Party Advisory