Improper Authentication Affecting firewalld package, versions <0.4.3.3-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-FIREWALLD-5680281
  • published19 Apr 2017
  • disclosed19 Apr 2017

Introduced: 19 Apr 2017

CVE-2016-5410  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 firewalld to version 0.4.3.3-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firewalld package and not the firewalld package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

firewalld.py in firewalld before 0.4.3.3 allows local users to bypass authentication and modify firewall configurations via the (1) addPassthrough, (2) removePassthrough, (3) addEntry, (4) removeEntry, or (5) setEntries D-Bus API method.