CVE-2016-10089
Find out more about CVE-2016-10089 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
CVSS v3 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6.7 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Mobile Application Platform On-Premise 4 | nagios | Not affected |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3 | nagios | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 | nagios | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | nagios | Will not fix |
Mitigation
This flaw, and others like it, are mitigated by enabling hardlink and symlink protections. These protections are enabled by default in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and this vulnerability will only be exploitable if disabled.
Ensure the following protections are enabled:
sysctl -w fs.protected_hardlinks=1
sysctl -w fs.protected_symlinks=1