Improper Access Control Affecting policycoreutils-sandbox package, versions <0:2.5-9.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-POLICYCOREUTILSSANDBOX-4677487
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Sept 2016

Introduced: 22 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-7545  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 policycoreutils-sandbox to version 0:2.5-9.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2702.

NVD Description

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

SELinux policycoreutils allows local users to execute arbitrary commands outside of the sandbox via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call.