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CVE-2016-4989
published 2017-04-11

CVE-2016-4989: setroubleshoot allows local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism and execute arbitrary commands by (1) triggering an SELinux denial with…

high7CVSS 3.0
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setroubleshoot allows local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism and execute arbitrary commands by (1) triggering an SELinux denial with a crafted file name, which is handled by the _set_tpath function in audit_data.py or via a crafted (2) local_id or (3) analysis_id field in a crafted XML document to the run_fix function in SetroubleshootFixit.py, related to the subprocess.check_output and commands.getstatusoutput functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4445.

Affected

5 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
redhatenterprise_linux_desktop
redhatenterprise_linux_hpc_node
redhatenterprise_linux_server
redhatenterprise_linux_workstation
setroubleshoot_projectsetroubleshoot<= -