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CentOS: (CVE-2016-4989) (Multiple Advisories): setroubleshoot and setroubleshoot-plugins

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CentOS: (CVE-2016-4989) (Multiple Advisories): setroubleshoot and setroubleshoot-plugins

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/21/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/22/2016
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-setroubleshoot
  • centos-upgrade-setroubleshoot-doc
  • centos-upgrade-setroubleshoot-plugins
  • centos-upgrade-setroubleshoot-server

References

  • CVE-2016-4989

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