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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882599
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS Update for policycoreutils CESA-2016:2702 centos6
Summary:Check for the Version of policycoreutils
Description:Summary:
Check for the Version of policycoreutils

Vulnerability Insight:
The policycoreutils packages contain the
core policy utilities required to manage a SELinux environment.

Security Fix(es):

* It was found that the sandbox tool provided in policycoreutils was
vulnerable to a TIOCSTI ioctl attack. A specially crafted program executed
via the sandbox command could use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands
in the context of the parent shell, escaping the sandbox. (CVE-2016-7545)

Affected Software/OS:
policycoreutils on CentOS 6

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
7.2

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-7545
BugTraq ID: 93156
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93156
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UPRNK3PWMAVNJZ53YW5GOEOGJSFNAQIF/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/25/1
https://marc.info/?l=selinux&m=147465160112766&w=2
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:2702
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2702.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0535
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0535.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0536
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0536.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037283
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG

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