Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-2616
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 19.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.5
CVSS v2 Score 4.7
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616
- https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616
- https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
Products affected by CVE-2017-2616
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cpe:2.3:a:util-linux_project:util-linux:2.24.2-1
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cpe:2.3:a:util-linux_project:util-linux:2.29
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cpe:2.3:a:util-linux_project:util-linux:2.29.1
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cpe:2.3:a:util-linux_project:util-linux:2.29.2
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cpe:2.3:a:util-linux_project:util-linux:2.30
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cpe:2.3:a:util-linux_project:util-linux:2.30.1
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cpe:2.3:a:util-linux_project:util-linux:2.30.2
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cpe:2.3:a:util-linux_project:util-linux:2.31
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0