PT-2017-8490
CVE-2016-4445
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Published
2016-06-21
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Updated
2017-04-17
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.0
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
setroubleshoot versions prior to 3.2.23
Description
The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary commands as root by triggering an SELinux denial with a crafted file name. This is related to executing external commands with the
commands.getstatusoutput function in the fix lookup id function in sealert.Recommendations
For versions prior to 3.2.23, update to version 3.2.23 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the
fix lookup id function in sealert until a patch is available.Exploitability
Exploit
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
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