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CVE-2016-5410

Improper Authentication

Published: Apr 19, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
4.4 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
6.1 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5410
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html

firewalld.py in firewalld before 0.4.3.3 allows local users to bypass authentication and modify firewall configurations via the (1) addPassthrough, (2) removePassthrough, (3) addEntry, (4) removeEntry, or (5) setEntries D-Bus API method.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FirewalldFirewalld*0.4.3.2 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatfirewalld-0:0.4.3.2-8.el7*
FirewalldUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
FirewalldUbuntuupstream*
FirewalldUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References

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