CVE-2017-2616
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2616
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2616.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-2616
- Related
- Published
- 2018-07-27T19:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2024-09-18T01:00:22Z
- Severity
-
- 4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
-
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616
- https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2616
Affected packages
Debian:11 / coreutils
Package
- Name
- coreutils
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/coreutils?arch=source
Debian:12 / coreutils
Package
- Name
- coreutils
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/coreutils?arch=source
Debian:13 / coreutils
Package
- Name
- coreutils
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/coreutils?arch=source
Debian:11 / shadow
Package
- Name
- shadow
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/shadow?arch=source
Debian:12 / shadow
Package
- Name
- shadow
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/shadow?arch=source
Debian:13 / shadow
Package
- Name
- shadow
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/shadow?arch=source
Debian:11 / util-linux
Package
- Name
- util-linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/util-linux?arch=source
Debian:12 / util-linux
Package
- Name
- util-linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/util-linux?arch=source
Debian:13 / util-linux
Package
- Name
- util-linux
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/util-linux?arch=source