CVE-2016-7545

Publication date 19 January 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

SELinux policycoreutils allows local users to execute arbitrary commands outside of the sandbox via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
policycoreutils 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Notes

ebarretto

sandbox executable not packaged in Trusty and Xenial

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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