It was found that setroubleshoot did not sanitize file names supplied in a shell command look-up for RPMs associated with access violation reports. An attacker could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system by supplying a specially crafted file to the underlying shell command.
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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 |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (setroubleshoot) | RHSA-2015:0729 | 2015-03-26 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (setroubleshoot) | RHSA-2015:0729 | 2015-03-26 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (setroubleshoot) | RHSA-2015:0729 | 2015-03-26 |
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