CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-2616

4.7 MEDIUM Published 2018-07-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-07-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
4.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.7 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-267, CWE-362

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.

Affected configurations

• util-linux project util-linux (< 2.32.1) • debian debian linux 8.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.3 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4 • redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.3 • redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.4 • redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.5 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-267 Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness

References