Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting setroubleshoot package, versions <0:3.2.24-1.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-SETROUBLESHOOT-4467415
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed21 Jun 2016

Introduced: 21 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-4445  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 setroubleshoot to version 0:3.2.24-1.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHBA-2015:2287.

NVD Description

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

The fix_lookup_id function in sealert in setroubleshoot before 3.2.23 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands as root by triggering an SELinux denial with a crafted file name, related to executing external commands with the commands.getstatusoutput function.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1