CVE-2016-4989

HIGH

setroubleshoot - Command Injection via Crafted File Name or XML Document

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346461
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1267.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/574
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1293
Patch, Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id/1036144

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0046
EPSS Percentile 36.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-77
Status published
Products (5)
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_hpc_node 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
setroubleshoot_project/setroubleshoot < -
Published Apr 11, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026