Improper Access Control Affecting selinux-policy package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-SELINUXPOLICY-1944736
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 May 2015

Introduced: 5 May 2015

CVE-2015-3170  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 selinux-policy.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream selinux-policy package and not the selinux-policy package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

selinux-policy when sysctl fs.protected_hardlinks are set to 0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (SSH login prevention) by creating a hardlink to /etc/passwd from a directory named .config, and updating selinux-policy.

CVSS Scores

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