Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting setroubleshoot-server package, versions <0:3.2.17-4.1.el7_1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
16.46% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-SETROUBLESHOOTSERVER-5070873
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed26 Mar 2015

Introduced: 26 Mar 2015

CVE-2015-1815  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 setroubleshoot-server to version 0:3.2.17-4.1.el7_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:0729.

NVD Description

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

The get_rpm_nvr_by_file_path_temporary function in util.py in setroubleshoot before 3.2.22 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a file name.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1