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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-SETROUBLESHOOTDOC-1507022
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed21 Jun 2016

Introduced: 21 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-4446  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 setroubleshoot-doc to version 0:3.0.47-12.el6_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:1267.

NVD Description

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

The allow_execstack plugin for setroubleshoot allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by triggering an execstack SELinux denial with a crafted filename, related to the commands.getoutput function.

CVSS Base Scores

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