CVE-2016-5410 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in firewalld versions prior to 0.4.3.3, affecting various Red Hat Enterprise Linux products. This flaw allows local users to modify firewall configurations via specific D-Bus API methods. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high integrity impact (unauthorized firewall changes). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.4.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:firewalld:firewalld:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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