CVE-2016-4989

setroubleshoot allows local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism and execute arbitrary commands by (1) triggering an SELinux denial with…

published April 11, 2017

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
38.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00458 · 38.4th percentile
Published
2017-04-11T18:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 APR 18:00Z
    setroubleshoot allows local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism and execute arbitrary commands by (1) triggering an SELinux denial with…
    cvelistv5