CentOS Update for policycoreutils CESA-2016:2702 centos6
🗓️ 20 Nov 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882599");
script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-11-20 05:37:33 +0100 (Sun, 20 Nov 2016)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-7545");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-01-05 02:31:00 +0000 (Fri, 05 Jan 2018)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_name("CentOS Update for policycoreutils CESA-2016:2702 centos6");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"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)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"policycoreutils on CentOS 6");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please Install the Updated Packages.");
script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2016:2702");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2016-November/022147.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Check for the Version of policycoreutils");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS6");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
if(release == "CentOS6")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"policycoreutils", rpm:"policycoreutils~2.0.83~30.1.el6_8", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"policycoreutils-gui", rpm:"policycoreutils-gui~2.0.83~30.1.el6_8", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"policycoreutils-newrole", rpm:"policycoreutils-newrole~2.0.83~30.1.el6_8", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"policycoreutils-python", rpm:"policycoreutils-python~2.0.83~30.1.el6_8", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"policycoreutils-sandbox", rpm:"policycoreutils-sandbox~2.0.83~30.1.el6_8", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
exit(0);
}
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24 Apr 2026 00:00Current
7.9High risk
Vulners AI Score7.9
CVSS 27.2
CVSS 38.8
EPSS0.00382