SUSE-SU-2018:0866-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:0866-1

    Published: 3 Apr 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-2616
    Aliases:
    CVE-2017-2616

    Summary: Security update for coreutils

    Details: This update for coreutils fixes one issue. 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)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180866-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1023041, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2616

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: coreutils

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8.12-6.25.33.3.1

    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