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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-4445) ELSA-2016-1267: setroubleshoot and setroubleshoot-plugins security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-4445) ELSA-2016-1267: setroubleshoot and setroubleshoot-plugins security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/21/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/21/2016
Modified
01/22/2018

Description

The fix_lookup_id function in sealert in setroubleshoot before 3.2.23 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands as root by triggering an SELinux denial with a crafted file name, related to executing external commands with the commands.getstatusoutput function.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-setroubleshoot
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-setroubleshoot-doc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-setroubleshoot-plugins
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-setroubleshoot-server

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