CVE-2016-4989

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4989
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4989.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4989
Downstream
Published
2017-04-11T18:59:00.353Z
Modified
2026-03-13T14:16:11.632039Z
Severity
  • 7.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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 settpath function in auditdata.py or via a crafted (2) localid or (3) analysisid field in a crafted XML document to the runfix function in SetroubleshootFixit.py, related to the subprocess.check_output and commands.getstatusoutput functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4445.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
dda55aa50db95a25f0d919c3a0d5871827cdc40f
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
e69378d7e82a503534d29c5939fa219341e8f2ad
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
dda55aa50db95a25f0d919c3a0d5871827cdc40f
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
e69378d7e82a503534d29c5939fa219341e8f2ad

Affected versions

setroubleshoot-3.*
setroubleshoot-3.2.21
setroubleshoot-3.2.22
setroubleshoot-3.2.23
setroubleshoot-3.2.24
setroubleshoot-3.2.25
setroubleshoot-3.2.26
setroubleshoot-3.2.26.1
setroubleshoot-3.2.26.2
setroubleshoot-3.2.27
setroubleshoot-plugins-3.*
setroubleshoot-plugins-3.0.62

Database specific

unresolved_ranges 
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]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4989.json"