Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2017-2616CVE-2017-2616
4.7 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.3%
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.
Bugs
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| sbeattie | ubuntu uses su from shadow package, not util-linux up until (2.32-0.2) |
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | 17.10 | noarch | shadow | < 1:4.2-3.2ubuntu2 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | shadow | < 1:4.2-3.2ubuntu2 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 18.10 | noarch | shadow | < 1:4.2-3.2ubuntu2 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 19.04 | noarch | shadow | < 1:4.2-3.2ubuntu2 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | shadow | < 1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.4 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | shadow | < 1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.2 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 16.10 | noarch | shadow | < 1:4.2-3.2ubuntu1.16.10.1 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 17.04 | noarch | shadow | < 1:4.2-3.2ubuntu1.17.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
Related
4.7 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.3%