CVE-2016-4445

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4445
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4445.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4445
Downstream
Published
2017-04-11T18:59:00.260Z
Modified
2026-07-08T05:48:11.577144847Z
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

The fixlookupid function in sealert in setroubleshoot before 3.2.23 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands as root by triggering an SELinux denial with a crafted file name, related to executing external commands with the commands.getstatusoutput function.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node",
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server",
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation",
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        }
    ]
}
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
Last affected
9831f438a7cc8de3d4c1bd1fc436e78910ecf4e1
Fixed
2d12677629ca319310f6263688bb1b7f676c01b7
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:setroubleshoot_project:setroubleshoot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "3.2.22"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

setroubleshoot-3.*
setroubleshoot-3.2.21
setroubleshoot-3.2.22

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4445.json"