CVE-2017-2616
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.5 Medium
- Published
- Jul 27, 2018
- Updated
- Jun 9, 2025
- Reserved
- Dec 1, 2016
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
util-linuxLinux |
|
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616
- 96404vdb-entry
- RHSA-2017:0907vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:0654vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201706-02vendor-advisory
- DSA-3793vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891
- 1038271vdb-entry
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