Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting setroubleshoot package, versions <0:3.2.24-4.el7_2


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-SETROUBLESHOOT-5113337
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed21 Jun 2016

Introduced: 21 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-4444  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 setroubleshoot to version 0:3.2.24-4.el7_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:1293.

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 allow_execmod plugin for setroubleshoot before 3.2.23 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by triggering an execmod SELinux denial with a crafted binary filename, related to the commands.getstatusoutput function.

CVSS Scores

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