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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-5410) ELSA-2016-2597: firewalld security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-5410) ELSA-2016-2597: firewalld security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
11/03/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/09/2016
Modified
01/22/2018

Description

firewalld.py in firewalld before 0.4.3.3 allows local users to bypass authentication and modify firewall configurations via the (1) addPassthrough, (2) removePassthrough, (3) addEntry, (4) removeEntry, or (5) setEntries D-Bus API method.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-firewall-applet
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-firewall-config
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-firewalld
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-firewalld-filesystem
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-firewall

References

  • ELSA-2016-2597
  • RHSA-2016:2597
  • 92481
  • GLSA-201701-70
  • CVE-2016-5410

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