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SUSE: CVE-2016-7097: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-7097: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/16/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/25/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr call, which allows local users to gain group privileges by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with restrictions on execute permissions.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-default

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:2912-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2976-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:3304-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0333-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0494-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:1102-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:1990-1
  • RHSA-2017:0817
  • RHSA-2017:1842
  • RHSA-2017:2077
  • RHSA-2017:2669
  • 92659
  • 1038201
  • USN-3146-1
  • USN-3146-2
  • USN-3147-1
  • USN-3161-3
  • USN-3161-4
  • USN-3162-2
  • USN-3422-1
  • USN-3422-2
  • CVE-2016-7097
  • DLA-772-1
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