CVE-2017-2616

CVE Details

Release Date:

2018-07-27

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.

See more information about CVE-2017-2616 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.7	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	Low	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (coreutils)	ELSA-2017-0654	2017-03-27
Oracle Linux version 7 (util-linux)	ELSA-2017-0907	2017-04-12
Oracle VM version 3.3 (coreutils)	OVMSA-2017-0052	2017-03-29
Oracle VM version 3.4 (coreutils)	OVMSA-2017-0052	2017-03-29

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