VDB
CVE-2016-4989
CVE-2016-4989
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7 HIGH
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.
EPSS 0.46% · 38.7th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.46%
38.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | * |
| setroubleshoot_project | setroubleshoot | 0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_hpc_node | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 |
Timeline
- Jun 23, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 31, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 23, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 15, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jun 2, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- 1036144 vdb
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4989 advisory
- https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/e69378d7e82a503534d29c5939fa219341e8f2ad url
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/574 mailing_list
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1293 advisory
- https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/dda55aa50db95a25f0d919c3a0d5871827cdc40f patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346461 issue
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1267.html advisory