A race condition was found in util-linux before 2.32.1 in the way su handled the management of child processes. A local authenticated attacker could use this flaw to kill other processes with root privileges under specific conditions.
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Configurations
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History
21 Nov 2024, 03:23
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : 4.7
v3 : 5.5 |
References | () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891 - Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793 - Third Party Advisory |
Information
Published : 2018-07-27 19:29
Updated : 2024-11-21 03:23
NVD link : CVE-2017-2616
Mitre link : CVE-2017-2616
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-2616
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Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux_desktop
- enterprise_linux_server_aus
- enterprise_linux_server_eus
- enterprise_linux_workstation
- enterprise_linux_server
debian
- debian_linux
util-linux_project
- util-linux