SUSE-SU-2017:0554-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:0554-1

    Published: 23 Feb 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-2616
    Aliases:
    CVE-2017-2616

    Summary: Security update for util-linux

    Details: This update for util-linux fixes the following issues: This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-2616: In su with PAM support it was possible for local users to send SIGKILL to selected other processes with root privileges (bsc#1023041). This non-security issues were fixed: - lscpu: Implement WSL detection and work around crash (bsc#1019332) - fstrim: De-duplicate btrfs sub-volumes for 'fstrim -a' and bind mounts (bsc#1020077) - Fix regressions in safe loop re-use patch set for libmount (bsc#1012504) - Disable ro checks for mtab (bsc#1012632) - Ensure that the option 'users,exec,dev,suid' work as expected on NFS mounts (bsc#1008965) - Fix empty slave detection to prevent 100% CPU load in some cases (bsc#1020985)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20170554-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1008965, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012504, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012632, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1019332, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1020077, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1020985, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1023041, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2616

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-libmount

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/python-libmount&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.28-44.3.3

    Affected versions

    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