CVE-2016-7545 (GCVE-0-2016-7545)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-19 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:04
VLAI
Summary
SELinux policycoreutils allows local users to execute arbitrary commands outside of the sandbox via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/25/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93156 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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Date Public
2016-09-23 00:00
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