RedhatCVELIST:CVE-2017-2616CVE-2017-2616
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
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.
CNA Affected
[
{
"product": "util-linux",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "2.32.1"
}
]
}
]References
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404
www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616
github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
Related
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%