It was found that the sandbox tool provided in policycoreutils was vulnerable to a TIOCSTI ioctl attack. A specially crafted program executed via the sandbox command could use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands in the context of the parent shell, escaping the sandbox.
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| Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
| CVSS3 Base Score | 8.6 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 7.2 (policycoreutils) | RHSA-2017:0535 | 2017-03-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 7.1 (policycoreutils) | RHSA-2017:0536 | 2017-03-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (policycoreutils) | RHSA-2016:2702 | 2016-11-14 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (policycoreutils) | RHSA-2016:2702 | 2016-11-14 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | policycoreutils | Not affected |
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