CVE-2017-2616
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | util-linux | 2.32.1 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-267: CWE-267
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
- https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
- https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271
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