Missing Authentication for Critical Function Affecting firewall-applet package, versions <0:0.4.3.2-8.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FIREWALLAPPLET-4635685
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 Aug 2016

Introduced: 16 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-5410  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-306  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 firewall-applet to version 0:0.4.3.2-8.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2597.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firewall-applet package and not the firewall-applet package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.