Vulnerability CVE-2016-4445


Published: 2017-04-11

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.9/10
10/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Setroubleshoot project -> Setroubleshoot 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux hpc node 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 

 References:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/575
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91430
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036144
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1339183
https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/2d12677629ca319310f6263688bb1b7f676c01b7
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1267.html

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