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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-5955 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:46:40.199Z

Reserved: 2016-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4989

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-11T18:59:00.353

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-4989

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-06-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4989 - Bugzilla

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