Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting setroubleshoot-server package, versions <0:3.0.47-12.el6_8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-SETROUBLESHOOTSERVER-2132640
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed21 Jun 2016

Introduced: 21 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-4444  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 setroubleshoot-server to version 0:3.0.47-12.el6_8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream setroubleshoot-server package and not the setroubleshoot-server package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The allow_execmod plugin for setroubleshoot before 3.2.23 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by triggering an execmod SELinux denial with a crafted binary filename, related to the commands.getstatusoutput function.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1