CVE-2017-2616

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    CVE-2017-2616

    Published: 27 Jul 2018Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2a1dd341d91bae655bccde55d5a0bd14a5a4abe3

    Affected versions

    7.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High