Shell command injection flaws were found in the way the setroubleshoot executed external commands. A local attacker able to trigger certain SELinux denials could use these flaws to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
Find out more about CVE-2016-4989 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 6.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (setroubleshoot) | RHSA-2016:1293 | 2016-06-23 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (setroubleshoot) | RHSA-2016:1267 | 2016-06-21 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | setroubleshoot | Not affected |
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