CVE-2017-2616
EUVD-2017-1177727.07.2018, 19:29
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 Products (NVD)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| util-linux_project | util-linux | 𝑥 < 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 |
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian Releases
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| coreutils |
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Ubuntu Releases
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Common Weakness Enumeration
- CWE-267 - Privilege Defined With Unsafe ActionsA particular privilege, role, capability, or right can be used to perform unsafe actions that were not intended, even when it is assigned to the correct entity.
- CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')The program contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.
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