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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2016-5410 json

firewalld.py in firewalld before 0.4.3.3 allows local users to bypass authentication and modify firewall configurations via the (1) addPass…

published 2017-04-19 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-6355

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • firewalld Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.4.3.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5410

  • firewalld Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.4.0-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5410

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • firewalld RHEL 7 0.4.3.2-8.el7
  • firewall-applet RHEL 7 0.4.3.2-8.el7
  • firewall-config RHEL 7 0.4.3.2-8.el7
  • python-firewall RHEL 7 0.4.3.2-8.el7
  • firewalld-filesystem RHEL 7 0.4.3.2-8.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:2597

  • firewalld openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.4.4.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10205-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-5410 updated cvss 6.1

firewalld: Firewall configuration can be modified by any logged in user

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) firewalld 0.4.3.2-8.el7, firewall-config 0.4.3.2-8.el7, python-firewall 0.4.3.2-8.el7, firewalld-filesystem 0.4.3.2-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) firewall-applet 0.4.3.2-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) firewalld 0.4.3.2-8.el7, python-firewall 0.4.3.2-8.el7, firewalld-filesystem 0.4.3.2-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) firewall-applet 0.4.3.2-8.el7, firewall-config 0.4.3.2-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) firewalld 0.4.3.2-8.el7, firewall-config 0.4.3.2-8.el7, python-firewall 0.4.3.2-8.el7, firewalld-filesystem 0.4.3.2-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) firewall-applet 0.4.3.2-8.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) firewalld 0.4.3.2-8.el7, firewall-config 0.4.3.2-8.el7, python-firewall 0.4.3.2-8.el7, firewalld-filesystem 0.4.3.2-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) firewall-applet 0.4.3.2-8.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2597

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Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.