Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-7545: Security patch for policycoreutils (ALAS-2016-765)
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(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
11/10/2016
07/25/2018
11/11/2016
10/14/2022
Description
SELinux policycoreutils allows local users to execute arbitrary commands outside of the sandbox via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call.
Solution(s)
- amazon-linux-upgrade-policycoreutils
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